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• Spine · Aug 2012

  Neurological recovery is impaired by concurrent but not by asymptomatic pre-existing spinal cord compression after traumatic spinal cord injury.

  An in vivo animal study to examine the influence of pre-existing or concurrent spinal canal stenosis (SCS) on the functional recovery after spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ The dynamic reduction of the SCBF occurring immediately after spinal cord compression is a significant factor that impairs the neurological recovery after SCI, whereas pre-existing SCS is not always an impediment due to the potentially restructured SCBF.

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