The role of osteochondrous and spondylarthrosis reflex syndromes in the development of postdiskectomy syndrome

Abstract

To study osteochondrous and spondylarthrosis reflex syndromes in patients operated on for herniated intervertebral disks, and to develop diagnostic and treatment options.

Alcohol-novocaine blockades have been used to perform denervation of vertebral joints and dereception of mtervertebral disks in 39 patients who underwent surgical compression. Reflex-pain syndrome was evoked by solution injection into defined vertebral joint or into intervertebral disk. Subsequent anesthetic injection arrested pain syndrome justifying its provocative source.

Clinical recovery and significant improvement demonstrated 85,6% (p < 0,05) of studied patients following dereception (denervation) procedure. Long-term therapeutic effect was found to be stable.