Orthopedics & Traumatology
Online ISSN : 1349-4333
Print ISSN : 0037-1033
ISSN-L : 0037-1033
Histopathological and Histochemical Studies on Lumbar Disc Lesion
M. NaruoE. KoyanagiI. Honda
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1973 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 458-462

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Abstract

Histopathological and histochemical studies were performed on forty intervertebral discs which were taken by anterior discotomy and investigated the correlation between degenerative changes of discs and discogram.
Staining methods were as follows,
1. H. E. 2. Azan Mallory 3. Alcian Blue 4. Metachromasia R 5. Ca S (von Kossa) 6. PAS R 7. Phosphorylase R
Results
1. The degenerative changes of the discs which were taken from disc lesion were higher than the degenerative process with aging.
2. The degenerative order of the parts of the intervertebral disc is cartilagious plate, annular fiber and nucleus pulposus.
3. The rate of coincidence between histopathological changes and discogram was 90%.

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