Intracanal pressure in compressive spinal cord injury: Reduction with hypothermia

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 809-820

  Batchelor, Peter E ^a   Kerr, Nicole F ^a   Gatt, Amy M ^a   Cox, Susan F ^a   Ghasem Zadeh, Ali ^b   Wills, Taryn E ^a   Sidon, Tara K ^a   Howells, David W ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

decompression; hypothermia; intracanal pressure; neuroprotection; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 79955977020     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1622     Document Type: Article

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