[Clinico-tactical classification of compression-flexion injuries of the thoracic and lumbar segments of the spine].

In the article is presented classification, which takes into consideration mechanisms and sequence of spinal segment destruction in case of compression-flexion violence. On the basis of experimental and clinical data are shown the stages of destruction and their roentgenologic diagnosis, prognostication of some other damages, which are not detected by common methods. Differentiated curative tactics, taking account of necessary restorative measures in correspondence with stages and resolution types, is given.