[Method of combined surgical treatment of compression forms of lumbar osteochondrosis with alloprosthesis of damaged intervertebral disks].

A method of surgical treatment of compressive forms of osteochondrosis of the lumbar portion of the vertebral column is described, the said method being based on the employment of a prosthetic replacement of the intervertebral disks with a promptly hardening polyurethane SKU-PFL. Along with the decompression of nervous and vascular structures in the vertebral canal the introduced technique permits to correct the stato-dynamic incompetance of the spine. 62 patients were followed-up for up to 5 years. Better results were noted in patients with a clinical pattern of radicular compression. A less distinct therapeutic effect was achieved in a group of patients with the caudal syndrome, and was due to persistent gross neurological deficits.