Management of Cervical Facet Dislocation
25 Management of Cervical Facet Dislocation Ishaq Y. Syed and Joon Y. Lee Key Points 1. High index of suspicion, strict cervical spine precautions, and complete clinical and radiographic evaluation…
Posttraumatic Kyphotic Deformity of the Cervical Spine
19 Posttraumatic Kyphotic Deformity of the Cervical Spine Kris E. Radcliff, David Gendelberg, Gurusukhman D. S. Sidhu, and Alexander R. Vaccaro Key Points 1. The absolute indication for surgery for…
Glial Scar and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Needed for Spinal Cord Repair: Timing, Location, and Level as Critical Factors
32 Glial Scar and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages Are Needed for Spinal Cord Repair: Timing, Location, and Level as Critical Factors Michal Schwartz and Ravid Shechter Key Points 1. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan,…
Neuroregeneration Approaches
35 Neuroregeneration Approaches Lisa McKerracher, Michael G. Fehlings, Alyson Fournier, and Stephan Ong Tone Key Points 1. After CNS injury, many growth inhibitors are released that block repair and regeneration….
Promising Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury
33 Promising Preclinical Pharmacological Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury Michael S. Beattie and Jacqueline C. Bresnahan Key Points 1. CNS injury induces a cascade of overlapping degradative and reparative processes…
Functional Restoration through Robotics
49 Functional Restoration through Robotics Martin Baggenstos, Geoffrey Ling, and James M. Ecklund Key Points 1. Neuroprosthetic devices are helping to restore lost motor or sensory function as a result…
Population-Based Spinal Cord Injury Registries: Potential Impacts and Challenges
51 Population-Based Spinal Cord Injury Registries: Potential Impacts and Challenges Marcel F. Dvorak, Catherine A. McGuinness, Michael G. Fehlings, and Vanessa K. Noonan Key Points 1. Prospective data registries provide…
Posttraumatic Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management
20 Posttraumatic Syringomyelia: Pathophysiology and Management Mohammed Farid Shamji, Sung-Joo Yuh, and Eve C. Tsai Key Points 1. Posttraumatic syringomyelia should be considered in patients experiencing subacute or chronic neurological…
Spontaneous Recovery Patterns and Prognoses after Spinal Cord Injury
7 Spontaneous Recovery Patterns and Prognoses after Spinal Cord Injury Doniel Drazin and Maxwell Boakye Key Points 1. Performing the neurological examination at 72 hours following the injury provides a…
Peripheral Nerve Grafts and the Repair of Axonal Circuits Following Spinal Cord Injury
50 Peripheral Nerve Grafts and the Repair of Axonal Circuits Following Spinal Cord Injury H. Francis Farhadi and Allan D. Levi Key Points 1. Schwann cell or peripheral nerve grafting…
