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Experimental study on the effect of slowly progressive chronic compression on the spinal cord

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Experimentally produced rapid and slowly progressive compression of the cervical spinal cord in cats demonstrated two very different patterns of damage, with disturbance of nerve cells and microvasculature.

The spinal cord suffered less damage even from more severe pressure if this was applied slowly.

The histological and microangiographic results provide confirmation of phenomena observed clinically.

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La réalisation expérimentale, chez le chat, de compression rapide ou lentement progressive de la moelle cervicale met en évidence deux types très différents de lésions, avec altération des cellules nerveuses et de la microvascularisation.

La moelle est moins lésée, même si la compression est plus importante, lorsque celle-ci est appliquée progressivement.

Les constatations histologiques et microangiographiques apportent la confirmation des phénomènes observés en clinique.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroyuki Seki, Takahide Kurokawa, Hiromi Tanaka & Naoichi Tsuyama

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Seki, H., Kurokawa, T., Tanaka, H. et al. Experimental study on the effect of slowly progressive chronic compression on the spinal cord. International Orthopaedics 2, 25–29 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00265999

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