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MINIMALLY INVASIVE METHODS OF TREATMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE FOR VERTEBROGENIC PAIN

https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2017.3.62-66

Abstract

Objective. Comparative evaluation of the effectiveness of epidural pharmacotherapy and epidural laser therapy of dorsalgia.

Material and Methods. Sixty patients with dorsalgia (Group A) were treated using epidural pharmacotherapy with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and 20 patients (Group B) – using epidural laser therapy with apparatus of low-intensity laser radiation.

Results. In both groups, epidural therapy resulted in a significant (p < 0.05) improvement. Positive results were noted including a decrease in the severity of motor, sensory and vegetative-trophic disorders, ranging from minor changes in the pain character and in the area over which sensitivity disorders and paresthesias spread to complete regression of dorsalgia manifestations. However, clinical and neurological examination at discharge showed more significant improvement in Group A patients.

Conclusion. Positive results and absence of negative consequences allow recommending epidural therapy of dorsalgia for wide use in public health practice

About the Authors

Maksim V. Shpagin
Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, teaching assistant, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


Oleg Yu. Gordeev
Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. N.А. Semashko; Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
internship doctor, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. N.А. Semashko, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


Timur R. Dnishev
Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. N.А. Semashko; Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
internship doctor, Nizhny Novgorod Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. N.А. Semashko, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


Denis N. Nikitin
City Clinical Hospital № 39
Russian Federation
head of the Neurosurgical Department, City Clinical Hospital No. 39, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


Aleksandr G. Suslov
Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy
Russian Federation
MD, PhD, teaching assistant, Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia


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Shpagin M.V., Gordeev O.Yu., Dnishev T.R., Nikitin D.N., Suslov A.G. MINIMALLY INVASIVE METHODS OF TREATMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE FOR VERTEBROGENIC PAIN. Russian Journal of Spine Surgery (Khirurgiya Pozvonochnika). 2017;14(3):62-66. https://doi.org/10.14531/ss2017.3.62-66



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