What is plasma knife for cervical spondylosis?

       Cervical spondylosis is one of the common diseases in orthopedic outpatient clinics, mainly seen in patients of the nerve root (neck and shoulder upper limb pain) and vertebral artery (vertigo) types, whose symptoms are mostly vertigo, neck and shoulder pain, upper limb pain and numbness.  They often seek medical help from all over the world, and conservative treatments such as acupuncture and tui-na have little effect. Plasma technology produces a plasma layer in front of the cutter head through a high-frequency electric field, with a working temperature of less than 70 degrees Celsius and a thermal damage depth of only 0.1 mm, which has a unique vaporizing and crinkling effect on the tissue and provides a broad application prospect for the treatment of degenerative disc diseases.  During treatment, the doctor inserts a 1 mm diameter puncture needle into the annulus fibrosus for precise thermal coagulation, which can safely crumple the nucleus pulposus and reduce the pressure in the disc in real time, effectively relieving the protruding nucleus pulposus from compressing the surrounding important structures without damaging the surrounding tissues such as spinal cord, nerve roots and large blood vessels. The postoperative efficacy is remarkable and has been well received by a wide range of patients.  Many patients’ vertigo symptoms disappeared after treatment, and some patients’ neck, shoulder and upper limb soreness, burning pain and numbness were significantly reduced, and the average rate of symptom relief was 80%-90%.