Implantation of catgut in the treatment of chronic cervical radiculopathy

Authors

  • Jorge Luis Machado Luján Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Víctor Valentín Pagola Bérger Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico “Arnaldo Milián Castro”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

radiculopathy, neck pain, catgut

Abstract

Introduction: chronic cervical radiculopathy is a disease that affects the life quality of patient. Objective: to evaluate the therapeutic response of catgut implantation in the treatment of chronic cervical radiculopathy. Method: a quasi-experimental, longitudinal and prospective study was realized in 86 patients affected by chronic cervical radiculopathy at “Comandante Manuel Fajardo Rivero” Hospital between October 2010 and December 2013. Patients were divided into two groups, one of study and other of control; the first received as treatment the catgut implantation and the second with drugs. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis, deduction-induction, hypothetical-deductive and historical-logical; empirical methods: observation, measurement, experimentation and interview and descriptive statistical methods for the interpretation of the results. Results: it was found that the usefulness of catgut treatment prevailed in the study group and behaved the same in each of the variants that marked Bi syndrome. Conclusions: The therapeutic response to catgut implantation is satisfactory in the treatment of chronic cervical radiculopathy.

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Machado Luján JL, Pagola Bérger VV. Implantation of catgut in the treatment of chronic cervical radiculopathy. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2017 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Sep. 8];11(1):36-45. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/788

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2017): January-March

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