Minimally invasive surgery and modern view on the treatment of degenerative spine diseases

• Published in: Zhurnal voprosy neĭrokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko Vol. 85; no. 1; p. 5
• Main Authors: Gushcha, A O, Yusupova, A R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2021
• Subjects: Humans; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - surgery; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; Lumbar Vertebrae; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; Retrospective Studies; Treatment Outcome; intervertebral disc degeneration; degenerative-dystrophic spine diseases; minimally invasive spine surgery
• ISSN: 0042-8817
• DOI: 10.17116/neiro2021850115

To summarize and analyze the results of minimally invasive spine surgery. A retrospective quantitative analysis of surgical interventions for the period 2011-2018 was carried out. All procedures were performed at the neurosurgical department of the Neurology Research Center. Structure and effectiveness of minimally invasive interventions were reported. There were over 800 endoscopic minimally invasive interventions on the lumbar spine and 127 procedures on the cervical spine. For the period from 2011 to 2018, we found an increase in the number of minimally invasive interventions (104 endoscopic discectomies in 2018), active use of percutaneous approaches (87 operations in 2018) along with microsurgical discectomy (81 operations in 2018). The total efficiency of the methods ranges from 91.42% to 95.69%. Own results and literature data confirm the validity and expediency of surgical treatment of patients with degenerative-dystrophic spine diseases. Highly effective and safe minimally invasive surgery should be preferred in these cases.