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Case Rep Surg Invasive Proced 2017 | Volume 1 Issue 3
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International Surgery and Ortho Conference
October 25-26, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
Employing an acute dog model of spinal cord injury (SCI) using
a diamond knife to generate a clean cut with little crush
injury, we show that application of PEG preparations on the
severed ends effects considerable neuroprotection and repair.
Our results show that electrical continuity starts to be detected
one hour after injury, and that BBB scores reach approximately
50% of the sham levels after three to four weeks. This level of
restoration of function continues out to sixmonths, which is the
longest we assessed the dog. Neurophysiological and DTI MR
Data confirm electrophysiological and anatomical continuity.
This study suggests that a form of spinal cord injury can
effectively be treated and points out a way to treat spinal cord
injury patients by removing the injured segment and, along
with vertebral shortening, reapproximating and fusing the two
stumps.
Speaker Biography
Xiaoping Ren received his MD from Harbin Medical University in 1984. He has
performed his Clinical and Research Hand Fellowship training in University of Louisville
in Kentucky (1996-2000). Currently, he is working as a Professor in Harbin Medical
University in China and Adjunct Faculty in Loyola University Chicago in US. He has had
over 60 publications in peer-reviewed journals and he is holding active Memberships
of the American Association for Hand Surgery, Orthopedics and Neurological of
American Academy and the American Heart Association; as well as practice as a Hand
and Microsurgeon in clinic, his research interest is on protective strategies against
ischemia/reperfusion of CNS and SCI functional recovery.
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Xiaoping Ren
Harbin Medical University, China
Spinal cord fusion in acute spinal cord injury of dog