METHOD OF ESTIMATING RESULTS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT OF SPINE INJURIES Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B6/00 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to field of medicine, namely to operative orthopedics, and can be used for predicting results of radical correcting operations in patients with traumatic injury of spine. Essence of method lies in determination of kyphotic deformity of spine, deficit of spinal canal lumen, resorption of bone tissue around elements of construction. After that, said parameters are evaluated in points in early post-operative period and, minimum, 3 months after operation by formula: KD+DSCL+RBT=number of points, where KD is kyphotic deformity, degrees; DSCL is deficit of spinal canal lumen, %; RBT is resorption of bone tissue around screw, mm. After that difference of respective values of parameters is determined. If sum of point difference equals or is less than 3 points, result is estimated as excellent. If sum of point difference is from 4 to 9 points, result is estimated as good. If sum of point difference is from 10 to 23, result is estimated as satisfactory If sum of point difference is higher than 24, result is estimated as unsatisfactory.

EFFECT: application of claimed invention makes it possible to estimate results of surgical treatment of spine injuries, including distant period, by objective X-ray parameters.

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