Riboflavin for treating collagenous tissues in the diseases of joints, particularly of invertebral discs

Abstract

Riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a disease of a diarthrotic, amphiarthrotic or synarthrotic joint, preferably an intervertebral disc disease is provided. The treatment occurs in situ in the patient and includes local administering of riboflavin in a collagenous tissue of the joint and subsequent irradiation with electromagnetic radiation. A method and a kit are also provided for carrying out in-situ crosslinking of a collagenous tissue in the case of a disease of a diarthrotic, amphiarthrotic or synarthrotic joint, preferably an intervertebral disc.

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