The potassium channel blocking drug 4-aminopyridine (4-AP) was administered to eight
patients with chronic spinal cord injury, in a therapeutic trial based on the ability of the drug to …

… Approved the final version of the manuscript on behalf of both authors: RR Hansebout. …
: RR Hansebout. Performed all surgeries and all neurological examinations: RR Hansebout. …

✓ The authors review 23 cases of hospital-acquired meningitis occurring over a 15-year period
in neurosurgical patients. Factors associated with the development of meningitis include …

Many victims of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) suffer immediate paralysis as well as a
subsequent progressive worsening of the cord pathology. Certain sensorimotor functions that …

✓ Edema of the spinal cord, secondary to an impact injury produced in cats, was measured
chemically. One day after injury a decrease in percentage dry weight and potassium …

METHODS () F'IMPR ()//NG CORI) RECO) VERV/83 sults in neurological improvement (10,
32). Tarlov (73) said it should be performed as soon as possible even in patients with …

In order to determine any beneficial effects of parenteral steroid administration and local cord
cooling following complete cord injury, ten patients in the present series were treated by a …

Spinal cord injury has become epidemic in modern society. Despite advances made in the
understanding of the pathogenesis and improvements in early recognition and treatment, it …

A series of controlled animal experiments comparing the effects of one, four, and 18 hours
of local hypothermia at 6 degrees C begun four hours after compression lesions to the …

✓ Methyl methacrylate (acrylic) was used in fusion techniques in 82 patients, most of whom
had metastatic disease, between 1959 and 1979. In all cases the acrylic was used to …