Saratov JOURNAL of Medical and Scientific Research

THE VALUE OF ELECTROSTIMULATION OF THE SPINAL CORD IN THE COMPLEX TREATMENT OF NEUROLOGIC SYMPTOMS OF THE CERVICAL OSTEOCHONDROSIS

Year: 2006, volume 2 Issue: №2 Pages: 48-53
Heading: Neurology Article type: Original article
Authors: I.A. Norkin, A.A. Chekhonatsky, I.I. Sholomov, V.G. Ninel
Organization: Saratov State Medical University
Summary:

For the treatment of neurologic complications of a cervical osteochondrosis pathogenetic application of electrostimulation of a spinal cord is not proved, the technique of its carrying out is not fulfilled, value of electrostimulation of a spinal cord is not proved, the medical actions is not certain.
The purpose of work. Optimization of the outcomes of the treatment painful and radicular syndromes of the patients with the cervical osteochondrosis due to development of new technologies of the treatment and a way of electrostimulation.
Materials and methods .54 patients of a cervical osteochondrosis with a various degree of expressiveness of the neurologic displays. The conservative treatment is lead 35 patient .19 sick of the cervical osteochondrosis with the expressed neurologic displays , executes implantation of electrodes to back columns of a spinal cord.
The electrostimulation of the back columns of a spinal cord can be considered as an independent high-grade method of the treatment of rough neurologic symptoms of a cervical osteochondrosis , both at inefficiency of the conservative treatment , and of presence of the contra-indications to carrying out of a lobby decompression of the spinal cord.

Keywords: ostheochondrosis

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