Discogel, the product, the treatment
DISCOGEL® is an implantable medical device based on jellified ethanol in which an opaque agent in X-rays: the tungsten was added.
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.
In the vast majority of cases, treatment is provided on an outpatient basis in a day hospital.
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.
Official and updated information in pdf can be downloaded from the European database of medical devices.
You will find a multilingual leaflet and a Summary of Safety and Clinical Performance established according to Article 32 of European Regulation 2017/745.
You also can ask GELSCOM for any question related to DISCOGEL®.