[Anesthesiological complications in patients with pathology of the spine and spinal cord]

The incidence, character and causes of intraoperative complications were studied in 689 patients operated upon for traumas and diseases of the spine and spinal cord. The postural hypotensive reactions and unstable hemodynamics were referred to most frequent complications caused by errors in preoperative examinations and preparation, anesthesia technique, nonphysiological position of the patients on the operative table. The preoperative estimation of the functional state of the autonomic nervous system and adaptative potencies of the cardiovascular system allow prognosis for postural reactions to be made.