Persistent oppression and simple decompression both exacerbate spinal cord ascorbate levels

Spinal cord decompression sickness after standard U.S. Navy air decompression.

Optimal timing of surgical decompression in acute spinal cord injury

Objective: To evaluate the clinical evidence and determine recommendations regarding theoptimal timing of decompression surgery following acute cervical spinal cord injury. Methods:A MEDLINE search of the English literature was performed using the search terms spinal cordinjury, SCI, quadriplegia and paraplegia, which were paired with the terms surgery,decompression, and tim...

Ventral decompression of the cervical spinal cord in the dog.

Late deterioration after decompression illness affecting the spinal cord.

A former amateur diver presented with a progressive paraparesis. Thirteen years previously he had developed acute spinal cord dysfunction immediately after dry hyperbaric exposure. He had completely recovered motor function in the intervening period. No alternative reason for the later decline emerged from detailed investigation.

The timing of surgical decompression for spinal cord injury

Research into the pathophysiological mechanisms of spinal cord injury (SCI) has resulted in a classification scheme of primary and secondary injury. Primary injury refers to the destructive nature of the initial impact and the subsequent shearing, penetrating, and compressive forces that injure the delicate neural tissue. Secondary injury refers to a complex array of pathophysiologial processes...