Why the study?
Does paravertebral sympathectomy alter spinal blood flow autoregulation and posttraumatic ischemia in a feline spinal cord injury model?
Population
15 cats
Comparison
Paravertebral sympathectomy vs No treatment (controls) or adrenalectomy alone
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to 3 hours after injury
Authors
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Paravertebral sympathectomy may preserve posttraumatic spinal blood flow in feline models; hypothesis-generating and leaves open applicability to human spinal cord injury.
Does paravertebral sympathectomy alter spinal blood flow autoregulation and posttraumatic ischemia in a feline spinal cord injury model?
Paravertebral sympathectomy impairs spinal blood flow autoregulation but protects against posttraumatic ischemia and neurophysiological loss in a cat model of spinal cord injury.
Young et al. (1982) studied this question.
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