J. Douglas Balentine, MD, D. Un. Paris (Sc.) losed injuries of the spinal cord, as characteristi-
Clo cally produced by vehicular accidents, falls, and falling objects, are subjected to a …

There is evidence from both clinical and experimental studies that the spinal cord suffers
both primary and secondary damage after acute spinal cord injury. The pathophysiology of …

✓ This study shows that spinal cord pathology secondary to acute trauma in monkeys
evolves with stepwise sequential changes. The acute damage is more central than …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) has an annual occurrence rate in North America of approximately
11,000 cases (10,000 in USA and 1,000 in Canada) and is an important cause of morbidity …

Information about the neuropathology of spinal cord injury is derived from the personal study
of 341 specimens; 225 of these were traumatic, including 123 with massive injuries. Thirty …

The incidence of spinal cord injury in the United States is between 50 and 55 million per
year. The personal and societal costs have been an impetus for experimental studies that …

Adult Sprague Dawley rats were subjected to spinal cord trauma at the lower thoracic-
lumbar levels utilizing a weight dropping technique onto the surgically exposed dorsal …

The neuropathology of spinal cord injury (SCI) is reviewed in the light of clinical problems
and as a guide to future research. The pathology of SCI in the acute stage suggests that the …

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There is a class of spinal cord injuries in which a sequential process of self-destruction is
probably responsible for the permanent loss of function. This process seems to behave as a …