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Non-invasive functional MRI offers the possibility of studying spinal cord function and central sensitisation processes.
Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEPs) monitor global spinal cord function, and the interpretation of motor loss is based on inferred rather than direct measurements.
The range of different approaches used draw on many different aspects of our current but limited understanding of neural regeneration and plasticity, and spinal cord function and interactions with the cortex.
The severity of the morphologic derangement correlates with residual spinal cord function and with severity of the clinical deficit [ 10].
In a clinically relevant porcine model mimicking aortic cross-clamping during vascular surgery repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm, cEPO protected spinal cord function and integrity as effective as EPO when applied at equipotent doses.
This may allow a better stratification of these patients, suggesting a more aggressive strategy of spinal cord function preservation and possibly guaranteeing them a better outcome.
This includes extensive imaging to determine resectability and stage, pathology review, and evaluation of airway and vocal cord function.
Significant late toxicity affecting kidney, bowel, liver, or spinal cord function was not observed – and these concerns were prospectively assessed – nor were they observed in our parallel post-operative study of 22 patients (reported elsewhere).
Importantly, these spinal fMRI studies were focused on understanding spinal cord function when performing tasks, and to date only one paper has reported an investigation of resting state BOLD fluctuations in the human spinal cord, from which the results were equivocal (Wei et al., 2010).
The most severe types of DCS interrupt — and ultimately damage — spinal cord function, leading to paralysis, sensory dysfunction, or death.
Bridges implanted into the injured spinal cord function to stabilize the injury, while also supporting and directing axon growth.
