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intervertebral disc annuloplasty
Indications:
- degenerative disc disease
- repair of a bulging intervertebral disc before
- *prevention of herniated disc
Procedure:
- intradiscal electrothermal annuloplasty is minimally invasive
- insertion of a hollow needle into the affected disc
- a heating wire is threaded throught the hollow needle & heated to 90 C for ~15 minutes
- the heat is intended to seal any ruptures in the disc wall & may also burn nerve endings, making the region less sensitive to pain
General
spinal surgery; vertebral surgery
References
- Wikipedia: Intervertebral disc annuloplasty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervertebral_disc_annuloplasty
- IDET (Intradiscal Electrothermal Annuloplasty)
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
http://web.archive.org/web/20070927001644/http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/fact/thr_report.cfm?Thread_ID=339