How to treat osteophytes compressing nerves

The treatment of osteophytes that compress nerves is mostly seen in spinal segments, such as the lumbar and thoracic spine and cervical spine, and is either conservative or surgical, depending on the severity of the compression and the severity of the clinical symptoms. For patients with less severe compression or mild clinical symptoms, conservative treatment can be used for symptomatic treatment. Symptomatic oral administration of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as fenbid, fotarine tablets, cilobal capsules, etc., which can significantly reduce the sterile inflammation at the compressed nerve, thus can achieve the purpose of reducing the symptoms of nerve irritation. Of course, it is also possible to intravenously inject Chinese medicines with blood activating and stasis removing effects, such as ginseng rhizome glucose, safflower injection, and danshen injection, etc. These drugs can promote blood circulation at the compressed nerve, which can help improve the symptoms. For patients with more severe symptoms of nerve compression, surgical treatment can be performed, which is usually a symptomatic nerve decompression and internal fixation surgery.