[Diagnosis and the main trends in the treatment of spondylogenic lumbosacral radiculitis].

Clinical, immunological, liquorological, roentgenological, rheovasographic, myelographic methods and computerized tomography (CT) were used to investigate 153 patients with spondylogenic lumbosacral radiculitts. The data expanded our knowledge of pathogenesis of neurological signs of lumbar osteochondrosis. Diagnostic capacities of CT in this ailment were for the first time assessed in comparison with other investigation techniques. Clinical CT syndromes of median, paramedian and posterolateral intervertebral disc hernia were depicted. Pathogenic grounds were offered to differential use of electroneurostimulation, reflex, manual, tractional therapies in the combined treatment of the disease depending on its actual stage. CT is recommended to evaluate the treatment efficiency.