by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 19, 2011 | Medications, Technology and Chronic pain
GENERAL During the last years since 2008, approximately 2 billion dollars have been invested worldwide on research and production of drugs in the form of a nasal spray. Such drugs are calcitonin for osteoporosis, desmopressin for enuresis and triptanes for migraine. A...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 19, 2011 | Articles
GENERAL It is a therapeutic minimally invasive technique that reduces pain of degenerated and painful joints in the cervical, lumbar and thoracic spine. The small nerve branches innervating these facet joints are identified and ablated with application of radiowaves...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 19, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Spine Surgical Techniques, Treatments
GENERAL Microforaminotomy is the minimally invasive surgical enlargement of the constricted intervertebral foramen. It is a procedure aiming at decompression of the spinal nerve which exits the spinal cord through the narrowed foramen. The procedure used to be done...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 19, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Spine Surgical Techniques, Treatments
Spine fusion procedures are performed to correct deformities of the spine and stabilize it. In many cases, it is combined with surgical decompression. DISORDERS TREATED WITH SPINE FUSION Scoliosis Spondylolisthesis Spondyloarthritis Spinal Stenosis (in combination...
by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) | Jun 19, 2011 | Minimal Invasive Spine Surgical Techniques, Treatments
GENERAL Lamina is the osseous part of the vertebra forming the ceiling of the spinal canal within which the spinal cord is located. When there is spinal canal stenosis due to spine degeneration, resulting in compression of the spinal cord or/and nerve roots exiting...
