[Angioma and angioblastoma of the spinal canal. Clinical and long-term results].

32 patients were operated on because of vascular processes in the spinal canal. 12 woman and 20 men had fallen ill, the average age at the time of operation being 38 years. Preoperatively 18 patients already showed an incomplete or complete transverse lesion with a mean duration of the disease being 37 months. After the operation 62.5 per cent of the patients showed an improvement. 46.8 per cent were able to walk on their own, 15.6 per cent needed support. 10 patients (31%) became again fit to work. Six patients (18.8%) are in need of care. The total lethality, related to three years post operation, was 18.8 per cent.