title: Spinal cord contusion.
abstract: Spinal cord injury is a major cause of disability with devastating neurological outcomes and limited therapeutic opportunities, even though there are thousands of publications on spinal cord injury annually. There are two major types of spinal cord injury, transaction of the spinal cord and spinal cord contusion. Both can theoretically be treated, but there is no well documented treatment in human being. As for spinal cord contusion, we have developed an operation with fabulous result.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neurobiology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Gong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neurobiology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neurobiology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Yazhou
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurosciences, Department of Neurobiology, the Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China.
authors.forename: Xianghui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: astrocyte; macrophage; neurosurgery; oligodendrocyte; spinal cord contusion