Early application of pedicled omentum to the acutely traumatised spinal cord.
Placement of the intact omentum upon a recently traumatised spinal cord was found to be effective in lessening motor and neuroelectrical dysfunction in a group of cats. It was theorised that the beneficial effect of omental transposition was due to the establishment of a dynamic equilibrium between production of vasogenic oedema from the injured cord and its absorption through omental pathways. Removing vasogenic oedema at the omental/spinal cord interface is hypothesised to stabilise a rising tissue pressure within the cord during the acute phase of injury and at a later date to decrease scar formation at the injury site.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005121:Extremities; D005260:Female; D007796:Laminectomy; D009068:Movement; D009852:Omentum; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps