[Acute surgical diseases in spinal injuries with spinal cord lesions]

Authors analyse the group of 22 operated patients admitted to the Spinal Centre of the Traumatological Hospital Brno for instable spinal fracture with the transversal lesion of the spinal cord, in whom the acutely affected abdomen and acute surgical disease manifested. The anamnestic and clinic examination of the abdomen is not reliable in patients with the transversal lesion of spinal cord for valid laws of the spinal cord. Authors evaluate the contribution of new diagnostic imaging techniques and endoscopic methods to determinate the early indication for surgical treatment.