Translation of "Bandscheibengewebe" in English

The growing intervertebral tissue is then transplanted directly into the affected intervertebral disc.

Uh, named for the German pathologist C.G. Schmorl, they are protrusions of cartilage compressed into the vertebrae.

They occur above all in older persons, where the disk tissue has lost the liquid content and thus the capacity to resist because of daily exposure to stress.

The intervertebral discs lose their elasticity; cracks form in the outer fibrous ring (annulus fibrosus) and the inner gelatinous core (nucleus pulposus) loses water and grows hard. Cavities may form inside the disc tissue, in which gas may collect (vacuum phenomenon).

Very small amounts of intervertebral disc tissue are extracted and sent to the co.don AG (Teltow in Berlin) in a special solution together with 250 ml of the patient’s blood in a highly sterile condition.

Compared to a conventional surgical procedure, in doing so, merely the protruding disc tissue shrinks, the disc itself is not injured.

An antiphlogistic is washed around the nerve root at the point, where it is mechanically irritated by osteophytes of the Processus uncinatus and/or the dislodged intervertebral disc tissue, and where it is entrapped due to its oedematous swelling.

With the help of this needle or puncture tecnique, with high precision drugs can be put to their place of action taking or desolate pain-causing nerves, but also remove disc tissue, and carry out even stability operations.

Autologous intervertebral disc replacement, or, intervertebral disc reconstruction, is a new method to reconstruct intervertebral disc tissue damaged or removed in previous operations, in order to restore the function of the intervertebral disc, and to prevent further degenerative changes.

Particularly mesenchymal stem cells have the advantage that, by resorting to these cells, even cases can be treated in which no autologous intervertebral disc tissue is available as a source of cells.

Such surgical tool devices are used for working in tissue, especially bone tissue, such as in the region of vertebrae, for example, in order to remove tissue coming into contact with nerves there, also intervertebral disk tissue, or to create conditions for stabilization, such as the fixation of two vertebrae.

The method according to claim 1, wherein during growth, the intervertebral disk cells isolated from said degenerate prolapsed intervertebral disk tissue are cultured in a cell culture medium including 1-20% of added autologous serum, wherein the cell culture medium has a ratio of alpha-MEM medium and HAM-F12 medium which is between 2:1 and 1:2, at 36.8-37° C. in air containing 5% carbon dioxide and said air having a humidity of 85-95%.

Preferably, the cells originate from a supporting tissue, more preferably cartilage tissue, particularly preferably articular cartilage tissue, and/or intervertebral disk tissue.

The present invention pertains to the insertion of a cage into the intermediate space between two vertebral bodies of a vertebral segment, the intervertebral disk space, which is usually filled by intervertebral disk tissue, for replacing the intervertebral disk and for the permanent stabilization of the vertebral segment, usually called (lumbar) spinal fusion.

Due to the so-called intradiscal volume reduction a space is then created, that the prolapsed disc tissue is transported back into the disc space from the elastic posterior longitudinal ligament.

An effort in this phase may increase the tension and in the worst case, push out more disc tissue and thus extend an incident.

In the case of one or several herniated discs, the surgeon can remove the protruding disc tissue using the micro-trocar with his/her fine instruments and with direct visibility using an operating microscope.

Similar to injecting a contrast medium into the intervertebral disc (discography) or in micro laser treatment, merely a thin needle is injected into the intervertebral disc tissue.

If the herniated disc is situated in an unfavourable position, so that the micro-trocar cannot be directly inserted all the way into the disc tissue, it is possible to expand the vertebral canal with the help of special narrow instruments so that the access is made possible.

To eliminate lumbago qualitatively, it is necessary to influence the root cause, that is, it is necessary in the tissues of the intervertebral discs to restore metabolic processes and thereby eliminate the squeezing of the roots of the nerves.

Due to the heat-conditional fusion of the intervertebral disc tissue (heat effect) with the help of the laser, the destruction of the production site of the neural transmission substances (L-glutamate, substance P, peptide and quinine) results and therefore, the interruption of the transmission of pain signals to the brain and also the elimination of the usually chronic pain.

Shocks and vibrations are absorbed. Due to loads the disc tissue is pressed together and only takes its original shape after longer lasting relief.

In their research work, the group investigated the question as to whether there is evidence in degenerated cartilage cells of a possible cellular protection mechanism against the predominating adverse environmental conditions (poor nutrition and an accumulation of waste products resulting from the degeneration).

Caused by high pressure or continuous strain, intervertebral disc tissue can leak into the vertebral canal and in doing so, compress nerves.

The therapy is suitable only for disc bulges (protrusion), the already herniated disc tissue (sequestered) can therefore not be brought back into the disc tray.