title: Significance of local extradural cooling on cervical spinal cord (experimental study).
abstract: The authors test the effectiveness of extradural cooling for the reduction of local edema and metabolic demand in spinal cord injuries. They measure the intramedullar temperature before and during local perfrigeration with a different method as compared to those previously reported in the literature.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*