[Role of computed tomography in the estimation of the density of the bony block of an injured vertebral column segment at different stages of treatment with an external transpedicular fixation apparatus].

A Somatom AR.HP computed tomograph (Siemens) was used to make studies in 54 patients with injury to the vertebral column and spinal cord in order to determine the formation of a bony block and its density in different portions of an injured segment at the stages of treatment. During therapy, the highest values of bony block density were observed in the dorsal portions of an injured segment (mean 377.

[Responsiveness and resistance of spinal cord structures in patients with closed thoracic and lumbar spinal injuries: neurophysiological and clinical aspects].

The study was undertaken to explore the time course of parameters of neuromotor dysfunction in patients with thoracic and lumbar spinal fractures characterized by the varying degrees of neurological symptoms. The study was based on the results of complex neurophysiological testing (global and stimulation electroneuromyography (EMG) in 45 patients with thoracic and lumbar spinal fractures who had been admitted to the "VTO" Russian Research Center without complications. The patients were divided into 2 groups: 1) 17 patients without neurological disorders and 2) 28 with mild neurological ones.