[Value of electromyographic examinations in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with complicated trauma of the spine].

In the article are presented the results of clinico-electromyographic examination of 57 patients with complicated damages of lumbar part of the spine during acute, early, interim and late periods of treatment. During the acute period of the spine damage are singled out 3 types of manifestation of total spontaneous and induced (N-reflex, M-wave) bioelectrical activity, demonstrated the possibility of their application for prognostication of the operative and restorative treatment results.

[Computerized tomography of spinal injuries].

The authors have presented their experience of computer roentgen tomography application in 127 patients with complicated and noncomplicated spine damages, attained during 1987-89 in the clinic of the Byelorussian research institute of traumatology and orthopaedics. Computer tomography examinations allowed to determine spine fractures in 12 patients for the first time, reveal additional damages of the spine frontal sections in 35 patients and of the rear support complex in 30 patients. The causes of neurological disorders have been defined more precisely in 74 observations.

[The surgical treatment of dislocations and fracture-dislocations of cervical vertebrae 3-7].

The authors have analysed the results of the treatment of 131 patients with dislocations and dislocation fractures of C 3-7. The stabilization of the injured segment by posterior surgical approach with a fixative draw was performed in 64 cases of dislocations of the cervical vertebrae when the compression of the spinal cord and its roots was eliminated by the setting of the dislocation. Anterior compression of the dural sac and disturbances in the supportability of the spinal column was an indication for anterior decompression and corporodesis in 67 cases.