The computer and magnetic resonance tomography in the diagnosis of inflammatory diseases of the spine in the emergency room

Abstract

This article presents the results of radiological and clinical laboratory examination of 90 patients admitted in the «St. Petersburg research Institute of emergency care named after I. I. Dzhanelidze» in the period from 2014 to 2017, with pyoinflammatory pathology of the spine. Examined the diagnostic significance and priority of application of a method of radiological diagnosis, depending on the localization of the pathological process at the stage of rendering emergency medical care. In addition, the article presents literature data about the use of radiologic methods of examination (x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) in diseases of the spine.