Abstract
SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.
Abstract
Isolated discogenic cervical pain syndromes are somewhat difficult to treat. Many of these patients have underlying painful degenerative conditions of the cervical spine that do not meet accepted criteria for surgical treatments. Hence, many of these patients remain untreated or undergo interventional pain management procedures to meliorate the pain. The author presents a simple endoscopic outpatient method intended to treat a small subsection of this patient population complaining of isolated neck pain without any arm pain. Often these patients have end-stage degenerative cervical disc disease with near complete collapse with minimal associated foraminal stenosis. The author presents an endoscopic interbody fusion technique he has developed for these types for patients using an autograft bone dowel harvested from the iliac crest.
Keywords:
Autograft, Cervical spine, Degenerative disc disease, Discogenic pain, Dowel graft, Endoscopic, Iliac crest graft, Minimally invasive, Outpatient surgery, Percutaneous.
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