Minimally invasive surgery for cervical and lumbar disc herniation

Minimally invasive surgery in cervical and lumbar diseases is only in recent years began to popularize, in which radiofrequency thermo-coagulation target treatment technology has been highly respected by me, do more than 400 patients, the effect is very good, the principle is with the help of radiofrequency thermo-coagulant electric stimulation function and impedance monitoring system, radiofrequency needle is accurately placed to the site of onset of the disease, through the adjustment of radiofrequency output power, set the role of the temperature, precise control of the damage to the focal range, that is, just use a 0.7mm diameter special puncture needle in the digital subtraction or CT monitoring accurately puncture to the center of the herniated disc part, and then use the 0.4mm diameter RF electrode into the puncture needle for a series of safety tests to confirm the safety of the direct thermal coagulation and temperature-controlled treatment, prompting the protruding intervertebral disc tissues to molecular movement within the cells of friction and heat, resulting in protruding portion of the intervertebral disc tissues degeneration, coagulation, shrinkage, volume reduction The treatment causes the herniated disc tissue to degenerate, coagulate, shrink, and reduce in size, thus relieving the compression on the nerve without hurting the normal intervertebral disc tissue and peripheral nerves. After thermal coagulation, the compression of the nerve that is protruding disc tissue volume retraction, and the nerve root to produce a significant displacement separation, while the warm effect of the damage to the annulus fibrosus, edema of the nerve root, the inflammatory reaction in the spinal canal will achieve a good therapeutic effect, the whole process of treatment patients do not have any obvious discomfort, only about ten minutes the patient’s symptoms will soon be reduced or disappeared. This kind of therapy does not open the knife, no pain, no side effects, the shortest hospitalization time of three days, and is not easy to recur. Some of the cervical discogenic headache, dizziness, panic sweating or numbness and weakness of the upper limbs, cervical myofascial strain contracture, cervical degeneration of small joint pain and other conditions, through minimally invasive surgery can be received with immediate effect. Another minimally invasive procedure is percutaneous disc spinning. This technique involves puncturing a 1.5 mm needle into the diseased disc under X-ray fluoroscopy and utilizing a specially designed high-efficiency rotary cutter head to reciprocate, rotate, move, and cut through the nucleus pulposus tissue to reduce the pressure within the disc and achieve symptomatic relief and healing. The principle of the surgery is to reduce the capacity of the nucleus pulposus, the inclusion of the nucleus pulposus by the annulus fibrosus disappears, resulting in a lowering of the pressure within the intervertebral disc, thus reducing the irritation to the nerve root. It is suitable for nerve root and spinal cord type cervical spondylosis and lumbar disc herniation with intact annulus fibrosus. This treatment has no incision, fine needle puncture, small trauma, no scar, you can walk after the operation, and can be discharged from the hospital after a few hours of observation.