Urgent surgical decompression compared to methylprednisolone for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury: A randomized prospective study in beagle dogs

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 2260-2268

  Rabinowitz, Richard S ^a   Eck, Jason C ^b   Harper, C Michel ^c   Larson, Dirk R ^c   Jimenez, Miguel A ^d   Parisi, Joseph E ^c   Friedman, Jonathan A ^e   Yaszemski, Michael J ^c   Currier, Bradford L ^c,f  

^a Barrington Orthopaedic Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d Georgia Spine Specialists   (United States)

^e TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Department of Orthopedics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Decompression; Methylprednisolone; Outcomes; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOG; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65849336029     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31818786db     Document Type: Article

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