[Transient circulatory disorders of the spinal cord]

Twelve patients with transient disturbances of the blood circulation in the spinal cord are described. The principal cause of the disease in these patients were degenerative and dystrophic changes in the vertebral column. The catamnesis was studied. In 5 patients repeated transient disturbances of the spinal circulation were observed (the observation period ranging from 2 months to 4 years) and 7 patients developed hemorrhages to the spinal cord (within a period from 3 months to 24 years from the disease onset). It is suggested that patients with transient disturbances of the spinal circulation should be treated surgically (in order to eliminate the discovascular conflict).