[Selection of the method of treatment of suppurative spinal epiduritis]

The author has analyzed 65 observations of patients with purulent spinal epiduritis resulting mostly from purulent diseases of the skin and subcutaneous fat. A period of pyo-resorptive fever was established which in most cases preceded the appearance of local symptoms of the disease. The purulent process is more frequently accompanied with fever, more rarely it turns into sepsis. The most rational method of treatment of the disease is early operation followed by irrigative drainage of the wound in complex with antibacterial and symptomatic therapy. A classification of purulent spinal epidurites is proposed.