PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING HYALURONIC ACID FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF BLACK DISC DISEASE

The present invention describes and claims pharmaceutical compositions in gel form for use in the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration, in particular the forms of dehydration and emptying of the nucleus pulposus known as "black disc disease". These compositions comprise a hyaluron...

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Zusammenfassung:The present invention describes and claims pharmaceutical compositions in gel form for use in the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration, in particular the forms of dehydration and emptying of the nucleus pulposus known as "black disc disease". These compositions comprise a hyaluronic acid derivative which forms hydrogels with precise rheological characteristics that make it ideal for filling the nucleus pulposus.