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THE USE OF HYPOTHERMIA IN SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION
Author(s) -
Brasmer Timothy H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
veterinary surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.652
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1532-950X
pISSN - 0161-3499
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-950x.1975.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - medicine , paraplegia , spinal cord , hypothermia , lumbar , anesthesia , decompression , lumbar spinal cord , spinal cord injury , surgery , psychiatry
In 1970 and in 1972 we reported on the use of local hypothermia as an aid in spinal surgery of the dog (Lumb and Brasmer, J.A.V.M.A., Aug. 1, 1970 and Brasmer and Lumb, Am. J. Vet. Res., March, 1972). These reports developed from a purely research project which involved extensive manipulation of the lumbar spinal cord. Preliminary studies had led us to expect a long period of postoperative paraparesis or paraplegia. We were aware of the work of Negin, Albin, White and others which indicated that hypothermia, both general and local, reduced the sensitivity of the spinal cord to trauma. In fact, their work strongly indicated that cooling even after trauma was highly desirable.