METHOD FOR PREDICTING RESTORATION OF AFFECTED FUNCTIONS AFTER DECOMPRESSION OF CAUDA EQUINA RADICLES Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, neurophysiology.

SUBSTANCE: one should perform thermovideo testing for one's feet plantar surfaces at two stages of operation in autonomous innervation area of compressed radicles. The first survey should be carried out at a stage after the first shift of compressed radicle and sac from disk's hernia, the second - at a stage after suturing in an operation wound. At increased temperature in autonomous innervation area after the first shift of compressed radicle and sac from disk's hernia and detection of thermoassymetric difference not exceeding 1.0 C, after suturing in an operation wound one should predict rapid regress of radicular neurological symptomatics in the nearest postoperational period, and at increased asymmetry being 1.0 C higher one should predict either safety or the increase of radicular neurological symptomatics.

EFFECT: higher reliability of prediction.

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