Ten misconceptions about lumbar synostosis

Multiple minimally invasive interventions are used simultaneously on one disc? Currently, we have a variety of interventional treatments available in China, such as: 1, ozone 2, collagenase 3, semiconductor laser 4, discotomy 5, radiofrequency 6, temperature-controlled thermal disc repair (IDET), etc.? Except for IDET, the mechanism of the above minimally invasive interventional treatment is the same as that of surgery; surgery is an open incision to remove the nucleus pulposus; minimally invasive interventional treatment is to heat, chemically dissolve or remove the nucleus pulposus within the disc, also known as; disc decompression, to achieve the treatment purpose of eliminating the patient’s back and leg pain. Therefore, if multiple minimally invasive interventional treatments are used or applied multiple times to an intervertebral disc to destroy the nucleus pulposus, the more nucleus pulposus is obtained, the more significant the destruction of the disc. Although the clinical symptoms are eliminated or reduced at that time, the potential for disc function decline is greatly increased after the destruction of the disc. Keep in mind that discs are functional! The intervertebral disc is like a fully inflated tire that acts as a shock absorber for the body, the nucleus pulposus is like the gas in the tire, the gas decreases, the tire deflates, and the shock absorbing effect decreases!