[The possibilities and outlook for the surgical treatment of complicated injuries and tumors of the spine by total vertebrectomy].

On the basis of experimental and clinical investigations the authors consider the removal of the vertebra body as the whole block to be the optimal variant. Shortening of the vertebral column is permissible for the approximation of ends of the spinal cord or its roots for suturing without intention. The use of vertebrectomy in 9 patients with long-standing dislocation fractures and defects of the spinal cord tissues from 1 to 12 cm and in 4 patient without tumors of the vertebrae has shown that the operation with removal of as many as 3 vertebrae is quite realizable technically. However, positive clinical results are minimal for the present which requires further researches by stimulation of regenerative processes.