Professor Izar FlumanHead of the Israeli Spine Surgery Center
New method — minimally invasive neurosurgical endoscopic correction of spinal diseases has been implemented and is successfully used by specialists at the TOP IHIILOV clinic in Israel.
Advantages of the Coblation Method:
- Operation time 20-30 minutes
- Discharge from the department — 3 hours after the procedure; Patients are allowed to walk after 1-2 hours
- Success rate (complete pain relief for at least 10 years) up to 85%
- Absence of postoperative complications
- No need for open surgery
- Day hospital, patient hospitalization is not required
- Return to moderate activity the next day without a rehabilitation period. In the postoperative period, physical activity and sports should be limited for two weeks.
Unfortunately, conservative treatment of disc herniation does not always yield the desired results. Open surgeries on the spine can be avoided in certain situations.
Indications for percutaneous nucleoplasty include:
- Intervertebral disc herniation;
- Protrusion of the intervertebral disc;
- Local pain syndrome in the cervical or lumbar spine;
- Radicular (root) pain syndrome radiating to the upper or lower limb;
- Ineffectiveness of conservative treatment for 3 weeks.
It is possible to treat spinal diseases at multiple levels in one procedure.
A positive aspect is that this technique does not destroy the structures of the fibrous ring, which is due to the relatively low temperatures of exposure. The positive effect after such an operation is achieved in 80 percent of cases.
In the neurosurgery and orthopedics department of the TOP IHIILOV clinic, percutaneous nucleoplasty is performed by top-category doctors and the best professors in Israel.