DISCOGEL^® is an implantable medical device based on jellified ethanol in which an opaque agent in X-rays: the tungsten was added.

The principle of the making of the implant in the presence of water was filmed.
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DISCOGEL^® allows treating herniated discs by decompression.

This hospital product meets requirements of patients and of practitioners wanting to achieve a simple and efficient care which furthermore registers in the current pharmaco-economic mind of the health authorities.

DISCOGEL^® is introduced to the practitioner in a secondary packaging including a sterile vial containing the gel, in implant card dedicated to treated patients, an instruction for use and a DATAMATRIX labelling to ease its traceability.

The treatment of the herniated disc by DISCOGEL^® consists in injecting this opaque radio gel under fluoroscopic control in the intervertebral disc.