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An update on chymopapain for treating lumbar disc ruptures

L T Ford1

  • 1Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.

Missouri Medicine
|March 1, 1990
PubMed

Abstract:

The author's experience in the use of chymopapain for the lysis of ruptured disc indicates that the drug is a valuable alternative to surgery.

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