Thermovision analysis of the surface of the lower limbs in patients with symptomatic lumbosacral discopathy before and after surgery

Introduction: The subject of the study is analyzing temperature distribution on lower limbs in patients with discopathy lumbosacral spine requiring surgery. Aim: answer to question whether surgical treatment reduces differences undergoing Material and methods: Thermograms were performed before second day after microdiscectomy or posterior lumbar interbody fusion. group consisted 37 Neurosurgery Department, while control 18 healthy people. Comparative analyzes temperatures limb pain same patient indicate significant statistical distribution. Based thermograms, two region interest’s (ROI) area determined thigh leg. maximum, minimum average for those areas. Results discussion: showed statistically both areas all between affected In turn, surgery, no observed respective ROI analysis parameters analogous ROIs did not show measured temperatures. Conclusions: After selective by previous significantly analogical decreased differences.