ABSTRACT
The results of the treatment of 92 patients with neurologic complications of cervical osteochondrosis (26 patients with isolated persistent lesions of roots C4-C7 and 66 patients with the combination of root syndromes and cervical myelopathy) are presented. The combination of direct electric stimulation of the spinal cord with different methods of surgical treatment was used. The efficacy of treatment was assessed with the scale for measuring severity of neurologic complications of cervical osteochondrosis and by electromyographic data before treatment and 1 and 6 months after the surgery. The significantly higher (p<0,05) effect of surgical treatment in the combination with direct electric stimulation of the spinal cord was shown.
Subject(s)
Cervical Vertebrae , Electric Stimulation Therapy/methods , Radiculopathy/therapy , Spinal Cord Diseases/therapy , Spinal Osteochondrosis/complications , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Radiculopathy/etiology , Spinal Cord , Spinal Cord Diseases/etiology , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
21 patients with lumbosacral osteochondritis and diskal hernia were treated. Diagnosis was verified with the help of radiological method. The spinal motion segment after the hernia excision was fixed with the help of fixator with the shape memory for the prevention of post-operation instability. Thioctic acid showed the high effectiveness in complex treatment of radiculopathy.
