Journal of Spine

Igor A. Borshchenko

Publications

• Research Article
  Long Term Clinical Results in Laser Reconstruction of Spine Discs
  Author(s): Andrei V. Baskov, Igor A. Borshchenko, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Vladimir A. Baskov, Anna E. Guller and Emil N. SobolAndrei V. Baskov, Igor A. Borshchenko, Anatoly B. Shekhter, Vladimir A. Baskov, Anna E. Guller and Emil N. Sobol
  
  Purpose: Determine the long-term clinical outcome of the laser reconstruction of intervertebral discs (LRD) in patients with chronic degenerative spine diseases. Methods: Ninety-seven patients with chronic back and neck pain caused by single and multi-level spinal discs degeneration were treated with non-ablative laser irradiation (1.56 μm Er:glass fiber laser) of the nucleus pulposus and the inner third of the annulus fibrosus through percutaneous needle puncture. The results were analyzed during five years after LRD by the means of clinical observation, radiological and biomechanical testing. Three surgical biopsies of the laser-irradiated disks were examined by the morphological methods. Subjective estimation of LRD influence of the patients’ life quality and back pain intensity has been performed with validated questionnaires of.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000210

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