[Long-term regional infusion of drugs into the arteries of the spine and spinal cord. 2. Experimental and clinical studies].

The present paper is the result of the next stage of the studies devoted to prolonged intraarterial introduction of drugs into the tissues of the thoracic spine. For the solution of the problems of surgical provision of this task the authors have worked out the operative approaches to the secondary departments of the posterior intercostal arteries and the technique of their retrograde catheterization on 14 cadavers in 31 experimental operations. This method has been used in the complex treatment of 12 patients with acute and inveterate injuries of the thoracic and the thoracolumbar departments of the spinal column and of the spine. The proposed method appears to be prospective and may be used in the treatment of the patients with tumours, inflammatory and other diseases of the thoracic spine.