With some diseases of the spineSurgery is the only way out. Long-term therapeutic treatment may not work. Tumors of various parts of the spine, fractures require
immediate surgical intervention.Such operations are always very traumatic, since a very large operating field is inevitable, in which many living tissues are dissected and the site of the spine is exposed. Very close to the neural pathways, the possibility of a deep penetration of the infection. Postoperative period is usually very painful, long recovery is required.
Endoscopic operations on the spine
In recent years, the spread ofreceive endoscopic operations on the spine. They minimize the operational trauma, shorten the recovery period. With endoscopic intervention, small incisions are made to insert a special surgical instrument with an optical fiber. With its help, an image of the site that is undergoing surgery is transferred to the monitor. But no matter how you perform operations on the spine, you should properly organize the rehabilitation period. For each patient, there must be a program that helps to eliminate the consequences of surgical intervention, restore mobility and restore motor functions.
How to behave during the rehabilitation period
Some time will have to adhere tobed rest. How long, depends on the severity of the operation, on how the spine is fixed. After microsurgical operations, the patient can get up after 2-3 days. If transplants are installed in the spine, you need to withstand the period necessary for their engraftment. Their full adhesion will occur not earlier than in 3 months. Usually, 3 days after the operation, the spinal radiographs are made on the spine, allowing the doctor to decide on the timing of bed rest. To the patient could get out of bed, therapeutic massage and physiotherapy are carried out.
Often after an operation on the spine is necessarycorset. Sometimes it takes several months to wear it. During this time there is muscular atrophy and a very important stage of the rehabilitation period is exercise therapy in conjunction with massage of the limbs. Recovering patients should avoid slopes, physical activity is forbidden, weight can not be lifted. To sit for a long time is not allowed. Only a month after the operation, you can sit for a while, leaning back. Get up from the chair follows, without bending the spine, leaning his hands on the knees or armrests of the chair.
In some cases, you can start working alreadya month and a half after the operation on the spine was performed. Rehabilitation should continue at home or outpatient in the form of therapeutic physical training and massage. Sometimes all this time a person is forced to wear a special corset. It should be especially careful when traveling to work in public transport and avoid sudden movements and inclinations.
