From the Disc. For the Disc.
Determining Discogenic
Lower Back Pain
Discogenic low back pain can be determined through a combination of symptoms, physical examination and imaging. Pain typically manifests itself as medial back pain with or without radicular leg pain. The pain is exacerbated most when leaning forward as this weight-bearing position puts the most pressure on the painful disc.
Intervertebral discs can deteriorate through normal aging and injury, causing dehydration, flattening, and loss of natural cushioning. Just like grapes lose water over time and turn into raisins, your intervertebral discs undergo a similar dehydration process. This process leaves your discs vulnerable to motion stress, strains your spinal nerves, and can result in lower back pain.
What is Nucleus Pulposus (NP)?
Nucleus pulposus (NP) is the inner core of the vertebral disc composed of a jelly-like material that primarily consists of water and a loose network of collagen fibers. This elastic inner structure allows the vertebral disc to withstand forces of compression and torsion. Age and injury can cause this inner core to become dehydrated.
What is VIA Disc NP?
VIA Disc NP is intended for use as an allograft to replace nucleus pulposus tissue loss in degenerated intervertebral discs. An allograft is tissue recovered from a human donor that is transferred to a human recipient.
VIA Disc NP consists of dehydrated nucleus pulposus particulate derived from the intervertebral disc region of the donor.
The nucleus pulposus particulate is mixed together with saline and delivered into your intervertebral disc during a non-surgical spinal procedure.