METHOD FOR SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOCHONDROSIS Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, neurosurgery.

SUBSTANCE: the present innovation deals with surgical treatment of neurological complications in patients with degenerative-dystrophic vertebral lesion and partial disorder of conductor-segmental spinal functions. One should surgically remove spinal compression due to resecting anterior departments of affected osseous-cartilaginous structures of vertebral-motor segment. One should apply electrodes: one pair - intraoperationally epidurally upon dura mater above anterior spinal departments being above the level of its lesion; then another pair of electrodes - by puncturing into area of posterior departments being below the level of its lesion to conduct electrostimulation. Moreover, therapy should be supplemented with phonophoresis with neuroprotector preparations. Electrostimulation of posterior spinal departments starts on the 2^nd d, and that of anterior departments - on the 3d or 4^th d after operation. Parameters of curative electrostimulation should be matches for every patient individually with the help of electroneuromyography. The innovation enables to decrease postoperative complications.

EFFECT: higher efficiency of therapy.

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