Odwala omwe ali ndi ululu wam'munsi tsopano ali ndi mwayi wopeza njira yatsopano yomwe imapereka mpumulo wokhalitsa kwa ululu wa m'munsi. Njira yochepetsera pang'ono, yovomerezeka ndi FDA yothandizira odwala kunja imatchedwa Intracept, ndipo St. Elizabeth Healthcare ndiyo njira yokhayo yothandizira chipatala ku Greater Cincinnati komwe imapezeka. Njira yatsopanoyi imapatsa odwala omwe sanakumanepo ndi chithandizo chamankhwala mwayi wopeza mpumulo kwa nthawi yayitali.
"Tili ndi odwala ambiri omwe amamva ululu wammbuyo omwe ayesa njira ndi mankhwala osapindula," anatero Lance Hoffman, MD, Interventional Pain Management Specialist ku St. Elizabeth Healthcare. "Iwo akhumudwitsidwa kuti akupitirizabe kukhala ndi ululu wosatha. Spinal Intracept ndi yankho lothandiza pochiza ululu wochepa wammbuyo komwe umachokera. ”
Panthawi yochita opaleshoniyo, kadulidwe kakang'ono kamene kamalowetsa singano m'thupi la vertebral. Pogwiritsa ntchito kujambula motsogoleredwa ndi X-ray, katswiri amatsogolera singano kumalo enieni a fupa mkati mwa thupi la vertebral. Kachipangizo kakang'ono ka m'busa kamapanga kanjira kolowera pakati pa fupa kupita ku minyewa yoyambira. Intracept probe (electrode) imayikidwa mu vertebral thupi ndipo imatulutsa mphamvu ya radiofrequency (kutentha) ku minyewa yoyambira, yomwe imalepheretsa minyewa. Njira imeneyi imatchedwa basivertebral ablation.
Njira ya Intracept imaphatikizapo kupanga pang'ono pang'ono pamtunda uliwonse wa vertebral zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ululu wa wodwalayo usokoneze matupi a vertebral omwe akhudzidwa. Zimatenga pafupifupi mphindi 15 pamlingo uliwonse, ndipo ndondomeko yonseyi imakhala yosakwana ola limodzi. Zodulidwa zazing'ono zimatsekedwa ndi guluu opaleshoni. Atatha kuchira, wodwalayo amabwerera kunyumba kuti akapitirize kupuma. Odwala nthawi zambiri amabwerera kuntchito zawo za tsiku ndi tsiku mkati mwa masiku ochepa.
Deta yomwe idatulutsidwa mu European Spine Journal mu 2021 ikuwonetsa mpumulo waukulu kwa odwala omwe amamva kupweteka kwa msana: 33% adanenanso kuti palibe ululu ndipo opitilira theka la odwalawo achepetsa kupweteka kwa 75% pazaka zisanu. Kupweteka kwapansi kwa msana kumakhudza anthu oposa 31 miliyoni ndipo ndi chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe anthu amawona dokotala wawo. Njira yanthawi imodziyi imatha kuchepetsa kwambiri ululu wammbuyo ndipo ndi njira yolandirika kwa odwala ambiri omwe akudwala msana.
