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. 1991 May;213(5):427–432. doi: 10.1097/00000658-199105000-00007

The influence of severity of spinal cord ischemia in the etiology of delayed-onset paraplegia.

W M Moore Jr 1, L H Hollier 1
PMCID: PMC1358465  PMID: 2025062

Abstract

To clarify the cause of delayed-onset paraplegia, the authors evaluated the neurologic outcome after temporary (10 to 30 minutes) spinal cord ischemia in the awake rabbit. Loss of motor function occurred in less than 2 minutes in all animals. Restoration of flow within 16 minutes always resulted in full return of function, whereas with occlusion times of greater than 27 minutes all animals remained paralyzed. After temporary occlusion of 20 to 21 minutes, however, 71% of animals returned to normal neurologic function but developed delayed-onset paraplegia 14 to 48 hours later. This appears to be a reliable method for the creation of a model of delayed-onset paraplegia in the awake animal, and will facilitate more detailed studies of the pathophysiology of ischemia-induced paraplegia.

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