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The Effects of Local Cooling on Canine Spinal Cord Blood Flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Robert R. Hansebout ,
R. Neil Lamont  and
M. Venkatraya Kamath
Robert R. Hansebout*
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery and Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton
R. Neil Lamont
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery and Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton
M. Venkatraya Kamath
Affiliation:
Departments of Surgery and Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton
*
Department of Surgery, St.Joseph’s Hospital, 50 Charlton Ave., E., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 4A6
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The internal spinal cord blood flow was measured in dogs at the site of local cooling using hydrogen polarography. Blood flow decreased to 50% of the normothermic values during cooling of the cord to a central temperature of 16 degrees Celsius. Upon cessation of cooling internal blood flow rapidly returned to normal values. Implications of this finding for the treatment of spinal cord injury are discussed.

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Original Articles
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 1985 , pp. 83 - 87
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1985

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