Is DiscoGel safe?

Is DiscoGel safe?

DiscoGel® is safe and easy to handle and there were no complications related to product diffusivity outside the treatment site. The therapeutic success rate of DiscoGel® chemonucleolysis in patients unresponsive to O₂-O₃ therapy was satisfactory.

What is DiscoGel injection?

DiscoGel® is a class III intradiscal medical device composed of gelified ethanol associated with tungsten in suspension for nucleolysis. It is injected into the nucleus pulposus to reduce intradiscal pressure.

What do you need to know about discogel injection?

DISCOGEL ® injection 1 What is the intervention? Intervention consists of an injection of jellified ethanol (alcohol) in the salient part of the intervertebral disc which forms hernia. 2 What kind of anesthesia is practiced on this type of procedure? 3 How long must I stay in the hospital?

How long does it take for pain from disco gel to go away?

Having raised medullar / radicular compression main pain disappears very fast. During the weeks following the treatment, feelings of discomfort may persist. These disappear generally in 6 consecutive weeks after DISCO GEL ® injection.

Is it possible to leak alcohol from discogel?

DiscoGel is the percutaneous injection of radio opaque gelled alcohol. When in comes in contact will water it forms an solid artificial nuclear prothesis so the chances of it leaking are slim and none. Even if it did leak it’s alcohol so it cannot harm adjacent tissue it is not proteolytic.

What happens to the spinal disc when discogel is given?

The compound results in a loss of the water storage capacity of the intervertebral disc by denaturation the proteo-glycan matrix of the nucleus pulposus. This in turn results in a progressing decompression of the effected spinal nerves within hours to a few days”. DiscoGel is the percutaneous injection of radio opaque gelled alcohol.