Local Hypothermia in Experimental Spinal Cord Trauma

Local Hypothermia in Experimental Spinal Cord Trauma
John D. Wells, and Robert R. Hansebout
SURGICAL EUROLOGY, 1978

The effects of one, four, and 18 hours of local hypothermia at 6ºC begun four hours after compression lesions to the thoracic cord in dogs. Four hours of local cooling was shown to give a greater functional benefit compared to one or 18 hours.