The effects of intrathecal hypotension on tissue perfusion and pathophysiological outcome after acute spinal cord injury

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Horn, Eric M ^a   Theodore, Nicholas ^b   Assina, Rachid ^b   Spetzler, Robert F ^b   Sonntag, Volker K H ^b   Preul, Mark C ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CSF drainage; Rabbit; Spinal cord ischemia; Spinal trauma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DISEASE MODEL; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; INTRASPINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAMINECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRAINAGE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LAMINECTOMY; PERFUSION; RABBITS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 63849102249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC.2008.25.11.E12     Document Type: Article

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