Postoperative applications of the fast track technology in patients with herniated intervertebral discs of the lumbosacral spine.

Topicality: The fast track technology means a complex of targeted measures involving rational preoperative preparation, minimally invasive surgery, regional anesthesia and short-acting anesthetics, and early postoperative rehabilitation. Elucidating the possibility of applying the fast track technology in neurosurgery, in particular in spinal surgery, is extremely topical. This is associated with the epidemiological data and the fact that minimally invasive techniques used in neurosurgery are highly expensive.

[Rehabilitative treatment in endoprosthesis of the elbow joint].

A technique of rehabilitation treatment was suggested and tested on 25 patients with an elbow joint endoprosthesis. The postoperative rehabilitation involved three periods: absolute immobilization, relative immobilization and postimmobilization. Therapeutic measures should be adjusted to each specific stage and imply different physiotherapeutic modalities according to clinical features and duration of the postoperative period: position treatment; passive, light active dynamic exercise, isometric training, underwater exercise; electrostimulation; manual and mechanical massage; occupational therapy.