What is the Disc Clinic Supermarket?

“Supermarkets” with a wide range of goods, a relaxed shopping environment, transparent and low prices, “one-stop” to meet the needs of the advantages of the popular. Recently, the spine surgery department of Xuzhou Medical College Hospital introduced the supermarket model into the medical field, later, patients suffering from herniated discs in the spine surgery department of Xuzhou Central Hospital can fully enjoy the freedom and the right to know like shopping in a supermarket, changing the traditional medical model that patients could only be told by doctors once they entered the hospital. The lumbar disc herniation is a major problem in the world of medicine, known as “incurable and recurrent”. It is generally believed that lumbar disc herniation can be divided into four types: 1, acute injury type, like carrying rice. When the disc pressure increases, the nucleus pulposus protrudes from the weakness of the annulus fibrosus or the fissure. The protrusion compresses or irritates the nerve root and produces radiating lower limb pain. 2. cold type, this part of the patient has no history of trauma and does not participate in any physical labor, but only after the onset of cold. 3. poor sitting type, long time sitting or standing occupational groups are most likely to “sit incorrectly and stand straight”. Because of the long working hours, it is impossible to keep the waist upright at all times, slightly bent may be more comfortable, but the bad posture over time, will give you the waist to lay the “roots”. 4, bad sleeping posture, like lying in bed watching TV, although comfortable, but the waist long-term convexity and no support, in a bent state, with the passage of time, the lumbar intervertebral disc loss of water, elasticity and structural relaxation, easily lead to lumbar disc protrusion. There are two traditional treatment methods: 1. Conservative treatment includes acupuncture and massage, traction physiotherapy, drug closure, Chinese medicine fumigation, etc., which has the advantages of non-invasive and painless, but conservative treatment is only applicable to the early stage of the disease, which can only briefly relieve the pain and cannot cure the disease; 2. Open surgical treatment can treat lumbar disc herniation at the root, but has limited indications. Minimally invasive technology, on the other hand, has gradually occupied the mainstream of disc treatment with significant advantages such as small incision, less pain, convenient treatment, safe and effective, less complications and low economic burden. In the spine surgery supermarket of Xuzhou Central Hospital, minimally invasive therapies such as ozone nucleus pulposus ablation, percutaneous laser decompression (PLDD), and posterior discoscopy have also been maturely applied in clinical practice. And in order to meet the demand of more and more patients treated with minimally invasive therapies. Minimally invasive treatment techniques for cervical and lumbar disc herniation include: ozone nucleus pulposus ablation technique, disc lysis technique, percutaneous discotomy and suction technique, percutaneous laser disc decompression, and posterior discoscopy. Among them, posterior discoscopy technology is the main representative and is the most advanced minimally invasive technology. This technology is mature in the United States, popular in Europe and the United States, the response is excellent. It completely overturns the tradition of open surgery, and only requires a small 1.5cm hole to insert the posterior discoscope and fine surgical instruments, which can magnify the diseased tissue 64 times and display it clearly on the digital TV screen. Under the digital TV microscope, the diseased tissue is precisely removed without harming the normal bone structure, and the stability of the spine is maximally protected, featuring short operation time, quick recovery and high safety. Percutaneous laser disc decompression is to use the high energy local biological response of laser to vaporize the herniated disc nucleus pulposus without damaging soft tissues and nerve roots, so as to reduce the internal pressure of the diseased disc, retract the herniated disc and release its influence on the normal physiological function of the spine. This eliminates a series of clinical symptoms such as dizziness, headache, panic, blurred vision, back and leg pain, and numbness of the extremities caused by herniated discs. It has three major advantages: precise positioning: it is a new method for the treatment of herniated discs, using the very advanced international spherical laser technology, with laser energy acting only in the range of 3 mm in diameter, which can achieve complete precision and accuracy. Minimally invasive and efficient: with no bleeding, no damage, fast recovery, no scars, high safety, both recent and long-term results are ideal, no adverse reactions. Fast and thorough: PLDD technology is known as “same-day” surgery in Europe and the United States, the procedure only takes 30 minutes, easy to operate, painless, and is currently recognized as a safe and efficient treatment method of choice in the medical community. Although minimally invasive techniques are becoming more and more perfect and widely used, they all have certain indications and contraindications, their own advantages and defects, and it is difficult for a single treatment to meet the diversified needs of patients. The optimal combination of various minimally invasive techniques will maximize the therapeutic effect in clinical practice. However, professionals also emphasize that no matter what treatment method is used, there are advantages and disadvantages, and the treatment method should be based on the patient’s condition and tolerance, and what is suitable for the patient is the best solution. In the case of neck, shoulder, back and leg pain patients treated by a disc supermarket, the doctor will make a detailed typing of their condition and recommend an effective treatment plan based on the severity of their condition. In the choice of treatment method, the disc supermarket first considers minimally invasive surgery when the patient’s conservative treatment is ineffective, and only a few severe patients who do not meet the indications for minimally invasive surgery are finally considered for open surgery. The guiding idea of staged treatment fully reflects the supermarket’s philosophy of “simple, uncomplicated” treatment, which saves patients a lot of money in medical expenses while achieving equal efficacy. At the same time, the intervertebral disc supermarket has professional staff to provide long-term free consultation services for patients, where patients can also learn about the latest and most comprehensive cutting-edge technology, providing the most favorable reference for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. “When you have time, go to the intervertebral disc supermarket for a stroll!” has been the consensus of many patients with neck, shoulder, back and leg pain.