Experience of using an intraoperative cone beam computed tomography scanner and the modern navigation system in surgical treatment of spine and spinal cord disorders.

Unlabelled: Spine disorders are a highly relevant problem in neurosurgical pathology. The development of diagnostic imaging methods makes it possible to perform intraoperative computed tomography. A special intraoperative cone beam computed tomography scanner "O-arm" has been designed; it combines a function of a C-arm machine and computer tomography scanner.

Virtual clinical diagnosis support system of degenerative stenosis of the lumbar spinal canal.

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to develop a virtual clinical diagnostic support system of degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis on database of spine registry.

Materials And Methods: Choice of criteria's for diagnostic system was made on symptom analysis of 298 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis. Also was analysed a group of patient with disc herniation's for sensitivity and specify assessment of developed diagnostic support system.

Effectiveness of one-stage microdiscectomy and radiofrequency denervation of intervertebral joints compared to microdiscectomy in patients with spinal disc herniation.

The article analyzes of the early and long-term outcomes in 113 patients who underwent surgical treatment for lumbosacral disc herniations. The first group of patients (n=32) underwent microdiscectomy in a combination with radiofrequency destruction (RFD) of the facet nerves. The control group patients (n=81) underwent microdiscectomy.

Working results of the electronic "on-line" version of the Spine Registry for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Diseases and study of its synchronization capacity with the electronic case history.

Aim: To assess the results of use of lumbar spine on-line registry in 2012 (IV quarter).

Material And Methods: The Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (RAMS) and the System Analysis Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) have developed an electronic "on-line" portal of the Spine Registry for Degenerative Lumbar Spine Diseases. The data on 1295 retrospective and 145 prospective patients who underwent treatment in Burdenko Neurosurgery Institute, the "AXIS" clinic, Medical Centre of the Bank of Russia, "Marina Spine Clinic" LA, USA and in the Neurosurgery department of Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Nizhny Novgorod were analyzed.