[Vertebrogenic lesions of the peripheral nervous system in pregnant women and puerperae].

Neurologic appearance of spinal osteochondrosis was assessed in 112 pregnant women and puerperae . In 75 females osteochondrosis involved the lumbosacral and in 37 ones cervical-thoracic regions. In the majority of the patients (79%) vertebrogenic lesions manifested with reflex syndromes. Provoking factors and the clinical pattern of the disease are considered with special emphasis on the role of pregnancy and labour as promoters of pain recurrences and the onset of new symptoms in women with neurological picture of osteochondrosis.