E.K. VALEEV, I.E. VALEEV

Republican Clinical Hospital of the MH of RT, 138 Orenburskiy Trakt, Kazan, Russian Federation, 420064

Valeev E.K. — D. Med. Sc., Chief Researcher of the Research Department, tel. (843) 229-90-04, e-mail: ekv44@mail.ru

Valeev I.E. — Cand. Med. Sc., Head of the Department of Neurosurgery № 2, tel. (843) 229-90-04, e-mail: ekv44@mail.ru

The article presents the results of a survey of 120 patients with trauma of thoracolumbar spine; 17 of them performed contrasting front of the epidural space by the original method. The data obtained can justify different treatment of traumatic spinal canal stenosis.

Key words: spinal injury, the front epidurography treatment.

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