TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Mechanisms underlying spinal cord damage in decompression sickness
JO  - Neurology
A1  - Hallenbeck, J. M.
A1  - Bove, Alfred A.
A1  - Elliott, D. H.
SP  - 308
EP  - 316
VL  - 25
IS  - 4
N2  - Decompression sickness, which damaged the spinal cord, was produced in anesthetized dogs using a compression chamber. Cerebrospinal fluid pressure and several intravascular and intracardiac pressures were monitored during the course of the simulated dives. Manometric responses to forcible lung inflation and abdominal compression were measured both predive and postdive after signs of spinal cord damage were evident. Cinevenography of the epidural vertebral venous system was performed both predive and postdive. Histopathologic studies of the brains and cords of both predive and postdive. Histopathologic studies of the brains and cords of paretic animals were carried out. The results indicate that the epidural vertebral venous system becomes obstructed during spinal cord damaging decompression sickness and strongly suggests that spinal cord infarction in decompression sickness is caused by obstruction of cord venous drainage at the level of the epidural vertebral venous system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0028-3878
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -