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31.08. 2011
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• co.don AG supports international congress for cartilage reconstruction surgery • International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS) convened for the first time in Germany
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• co.don AG to grow cartilage cell transplants for Asklepios Group • Framework agreement signed with Germany's largest private clinic group
Disc Herniation
Reason and Process
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As each body tissue, the disc gets changed through degeneration, which can lead to pain at some point. Due to various biochemical changes in the disc tissue, the amount of water in the nucleus pulposus decreases with aging. This leads to a decrease in volume of the jelly-like nucleus and to an increased pressure loading on the anulus fibrosus which gets arched outwards and can get fissures.
In the case of disc herniation, the prolapsed tissue presses onto the adjacent nerve tissue. This leads to severe consequences: pain, paresthesia as well as to paralysis of certain muscles.
With ongoing degeneration, the disc is impaired in its function and can no longer work as a shock absorber. This leads to a higher load on the adjacent vertebrae and discs through which the defect of the disc can also impair the bony vertebrae.
In the case of disc herniation, the prolapsed tissue presses onto the adjacent nerve tissue. This leads to severe consequences: pain, paresthesia as well as to paralysis of certain muscles.
With ongoing degeneration, the disc is impaired in its function and can no longer work as a shock absorber. This leads to a higher load on the adjacent vertebrae and discs through which the defect of the disc can also impair the bony vertebrae.
