[Endoscopy of the spinal canal (author's transl)].

The intraspinal endoscopy was carried out by means of a recently developed Selfoc-endoscope. The optical principle of the Selfoc-glass rod was described. The endoscopic observations in the preliminary experiment on dogs and in 6 clinical cases were reported. Our experiences showed the usefulness of Selfoc-endoscope for the clinical spinaloscopy.