Percutaneous Multi-Channel Laser Repair of Intervertebral Discs

Lumbar disc herniation, cervical spondylosis is a common and frequent disease, according to the authority of the health sector survey statistics, China’s cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis prevalence rate of 13.76% and 15.2%, respectively, a rough estimate of the country’s cervical spondylosis of about 169 million patients, more than 200 million lumbar spondylosis patients. The large number of patients, the rapidly increasing incidence rate, the trend of ageing, and the after-effects of treatment have become a serious test of clinical medical capability. However, it has not been possible to treat degenerative disc disease in the clinic. Whether minimally invasive or open, the existing clinical treatment concepts are almost all destructive, and these treatments, such as “removal, replacement, internal fixation, pneumatization, and ablation”, in fact accelerate the process of degenerative disc disease, and even cause partial loss of physiological function of the patient’s spine. Part of the physiological function of the patient’s spine is missing. In addition, “minimally invasive techniques have been marginalized due to the limitations of their own efficacy, while open surgery has been replaced by a large number of over-application”, which has become the status quo of the current clinical treatment. How can degenerative disc disease be truly treated fundamentally? At present, our department has introduced the advanced Russian medical laser technology – Intervertebral Disc Laser Repair System, which contributes a revolutionary set of alternative and innovative technologies to the world. The intervertebral disc laser repair system is a laser treatment system specially developed and designed for the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration, and it is the latest minimally invasive spinal surgery method currently applied in the clinic. The surgery is carried out under the guidance of X-rays or CTs, and the intervertebral discs are punctured with an elastic needle with a diameter of about 0.9mm, and then entered into the intervertebral discs through the herniated material, and then straight needles and curved needles with variable directions are put into the intervertebral discs and the herniated material, and laser treatments are carried out in several directions and multiple passages. The laser treatment is carried out in multiple channels in multiple directions within the disc and herniation. Percutaneous multi-channel laser repair of intervertebral disc adopts the special wavelength laser with the highest water absorption, and the laser energy uses water as the medium to decompress the intervertebral disc and herniated material, so that the herniated and degenerated intervertebral disc can be repaired, reconstructed, and absorbed, thus achieving the purpose of curing intervertebral disc herniation without destroying the intervertebral disc tissues, which has a better effect on the long term treatment than traditional minimally invasive intervertebral disc treatment such as radiofrequency, ozone, and collagen enzyme, etc., and has less trauma and higher cure rate than foraminoscopy. It has better long-term treatment effect than traditional minimally invasive intervertebral disc treatment such as radiofrequency ozone and collagenase, smaller trauma, high cure rate, safety, low complications, etc. The treatment process takes about 15-30 minutes, and the rate of excellent long-term efficacy can be up to 94%. The clinical indications of intervertebral disc laser repair system are wide, not only covering all the indications of conservative treatment and existing minimally invasive techniques, but also replacing most of the open surgeries. With good long-term efficacy and reusability, it is of great social, economic, and academic research value for clinical application.