Open AccessIntraspinal Pressure Monitoring in a Patient with Spinal Cord Injury Reveals Different Intradural Compartments: Injured Spinal Cord Pressure Evaluation (ISCoPE) Study
Author(s) -
Isaac Phang,
Marios C. Papadopoulos
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
neurocritical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.908
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1556-0961
pISSN - 1541-6933
DOI - 10.1007/s12028-015-0153-6
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord injury , subdural space , anesthesia , intracranial pressure , spinal cord , dura mater , intraparenchymal hemorrhage , traumatic brain injury , subdural hemorrhage , intracranial pressure monitoring , surgery , subarachnoid hemorrhage , hematoma , psychiatry
We recently described a technique for monitoring intraspinal pressure (ISP) after traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI). This is analogous to intracranial pressure monitoring after brain injury. We showed that, after severe TSCI, ISP at the injury site is elevated as the swollen cord is compressed against the dura.
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