How to understand minimally invasive spine surgery (intervertebral foramenoscopy technique)? It is completely different from interventional techniques.

Minimally invasive spinal surgery (intervertebral foramenoscopy): A technique that uses a tube to remove diseased tissue by viewing it directly on a screen under a microscope, just like arthroscopy, laparoscopy, and thoracoscopy. Interventional techniques: (1) Collagenase chemolysis: The principle of collagenase chemolysis is to dissolve the proteoglycans in the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral discs, so that the discs can be reduced in size and nerve compression can be reduced or relieved. (B) Percutaneous Lumbar Discectomy (PLD) (C) Percutaneous Laser Disc Decompression (PLDD) Principle: Using laser energy to automatically vaporize part of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disc to reduce the pressure within the disc and thus reduce the pressure of the herniated disc on the spinal nerves, thus achieving the therapeutic purpose. (d) Temperature-controlled thermal wave intervertebral disc repair (IDET) (e) Plasma ablation principle: the use of 70 degrees of thermal coagulation to make the collagen fibers in the nucleus pulposus gasification, contraction and curing, so that the total volume of the disc is reduced, thereby reducing the pressure inside the disc, reducing the irritation of the disc tissue on the nerve root, to achieve the therapeutic purpose. (F) Principle of ozone ablation: oxidize the nucleus pulposus cells, so as to make the protruding nucleus pulposus retract, reduce the pressure inside the disc, relieve the stimulation and pressure on the pain receptors and nerve roots of the intervertebral disc to achieve the therapeutic purpose. (G) Radiofrequency target technology principle: the use of a high-frequency alternating electric field and produce high-frequency oscillation and friction heat, resulting in cell degeneration and coagulation, physical and chemical changes, to achieve the destruction of the target area of the tissue of a therapeutic technology.