METHOD FOR ASSESSING NERVE TISSUE REGENERATION IN PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATED CERVICAL SPINE INJURY Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC G01N33/53 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention describes a method for assessing the nerve tissue regeneration in the patients with complicated cervical spine injuries where a surgical intervention is preceded by blood sampling, preparing blood serum samples, examining blood serum by enzyme immunoassay, and the quantitative values of the levels of neurotrophin-3 NT-3 and neurotrophin-4/5 NT-4/5 are determined; a nerve tissue regeneration index is calculated by formula; the nerve tissue regeneration index is accepted to be a reference index I_reg.ref.; similarly, on every 7^th postoperative day, current regeneration indices I_reg.cur. are calculated and compared to the reference; if I_reg.ref.>I _reg.cur., a delayed process of the nerve tissue regeneration is stated; I_reg.ref.≤I_reg.cur., an activated process of the nerve tissue regeneration is stated.

EFFECT: invention enables higher objectivity of the assessment of the nerve tissue regeneration in the patients with complicated cervical spine injury with higher sensitivity and specificity of the declared method.

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