Department of Instrumental and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Department of Instrumental and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery:
Head of Department
Popov Andrii, DMSc
The scientific department of minimal invasive and instrumental spinal surgery was founded in 2001 on the basis of the vertebrology department of Sytenko Institute, Since that time the department has been headed by Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine Professor Volodymyr Radchenko, DMSc.
The department works on the development of new scientific direction of studying intervertebral disks regeneration with application of autologous transplants of disk’s cells.
Together with «Vostok-N» company there were developed metal transpedicular constructions of «MOST» system, instruments and techniques of spine stabilization that are used in surgical treatment of traumatic injuries, degenerative and oncology spine diseases.
The department studies peculiarities of application of so called dynamic fixators in surgical spine treatment. The department specialists work out new modern methods of scoliosis and spondylolisthesis treatment. A special «growing» construction «MOST-2» was developed by the department staff for spine correction and fixation for children between 8 -12 years old. This device for polyseg-mental fixation was approved by the STI of Ukraine as the best invention of 2001 in Ukraine.
There were developed and implemented: method of minimal invasive surgical treatment of patients with osteochondrosis, minimal invasive surgical treatment of patients with osteoporosis vertebra compression fracture. New methods of transdermal denervation of the facet joints were developed by the department specialists.
There are several international scientific organization that work on the basis of the department, and department specialists are members of these establishments, in particular: World Spine (board of directors), ISMISS (International Society for Minimal Intervention in Spinal Surgery, European Secretary), ISLASS (International Society of Laser Assisted in Spinal Surgery founding member), AAMISMS (American Academy of Minimally Invasive Spinal Medicine and Surgery), Ukrainian Association of Minimal Invasive and Instrumental Spinal Surgery (founding member).