[Comparative clinico-roentgenological characteristics of degenerative-dystrophic changes in various segments of the spine].

A combined clinico-roentgenological investigation was performed in 306 patients with degenerative-dystrophic changes in the vertebral column. Roentgenological signs and peculiarities of degenerative-dystrophic changes of different vertebral segments are described with special reference to their earlier stages. Established were the causes of neurological signs connected with degenerative-dystrophic changes of the vertebral column which have clinical implications.