Minimally invasive method of treating pain in diseases of the spine
Intradiscal electro thermal therapy (intradiscal electrothermic therapy - IET) - is a relatively new minimally invasive method of treating pain in diseases of the spine associated with the pathology of intervertebral discs. As you know, the pain associated with irritation of nerve roots coming from the spinal cord, bone
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Scoliosis - a lateral curvature of the spine. Usually, our spine has two physiological curvatures: kyphosis - curvature of the spine bulge back (this is noted in the curvature of the thoracic spine) and lordosis - Forward curvature of the spine bulge (marked in the lumbar spine).
Scoliosis is usually two times more common in girls than in boys. This condition can occur at any age, but most scoliosis is seen in children over the age of 10 years. This disease
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Diagnosis and clinical manifestations of scoliosis
The very first method of diagnosis of scoliosis is a check-up. Examination of the patient is carried out standing up, the doctor evaluates the evenness of the spine (no lateral movement), the symmetry of the arrangement of the shoulders, pose the patient, the length of the legs.
The main
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Treatment of scoliosis, methods and forms of treatment
Treatment of scoliosis depends on the severity and extent of the risk of deterioration in the future. Certain types of scoliosis have a high risk of deterioration in the future, so the type of scoliosis is also important to determine the proper treatment of this disease.
There are thr
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Kyphoplasty - a new method of treating fractures of the vertebrae. His goal - the elimination of pain caused by a compression fracture, and to restore a part or the entire height of the fractured vertebral body.
During kyphoplasty surgeon conducts a small incision in the back and sets over it under the control of the trocar fluoroscopy.
Through the trocar tube in the vertebrae is introduced a special balloon, which i
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Bone graft for spine fusion
Spinal fusion - is surgery, aimed at creating stillness between adjacent vertebrae (fusion) by setting them between the bone graft.
Indications for spinal fusion
Among the major indication for spinal fusion include:
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No endoscopic percutaneous laser nucleotomy compared with other methods of percutaneous discectomy has significant advantages
Back pain and lower back have almost all men over the age of 50 years. Often such pain associated with degenerative-dystrophic lesions of the spine, medication which usually has a positive but temporary effect and is often delayed for years, leading to social exc
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