Usefulness of some minimally invasive methods to control symptoms  of the degenerative spine disease

Tadeusz Styczyński; Robert Gasik; Bohdan Pyskło

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Reumatologia/Rheumatology

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Usefulness of some minimally invasive methods to control symptoms of the degenerative spine disease

Tadeusz Styczyński

,

Robert Gasik

,

Bohdan Pyskło

Reumatologia 2011; 49, 1: 62–65

Online publish date: 2011/03/16

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The pain in the degenerative spine disease arises mostly in three anatomical structures: 1) facet joints, 2) annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc, 3) the site of contact of disc hernias with nerve roots. Recognition of painful structures and appropriate choice of the therapeutic procedure are responsible for more effective control of the pain. This article presents three minimally invasive techniques of pain relief, including pathogenesis and site of pain's origin: 1) neurolysis of the facet joints, 2) electrothermal therapy of the intervertebral discs, 3) percutaneous laser disc decompression (PLDD). There is a gap in the treatment schedule between ineffective conservative treatment and radical surgery on the open spine, which may be filled by the minimally invasive interventional techniques.

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degenerative spine disease, pains, minimally invasive interventional techniques

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Usefulness of some minimally invasive methods to control symptoms of the degenerative spine disease

Tadeusz Styczyński , Robert Gasik , Bohdan Pyskło

degenerative spine disease, pains, minimally invasive interventional techniques

Tadeusz Styczyński

,

Robert Gasik

,

Bohdan Pyskło