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Use of Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Spinal Cord Injury

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In the United States alone, spinal cord trauma results in over 7,000 myelopathies yearly (21,44). The single most determining factor in the cord-injured patient is the initial severity of the injury. The grim prognosis of serious injuries may be improved inasmuch as there is probably a critical time period during which the progressive pathophysiological sequelae of the initial trauma can be modified (7, 8, 15, 70).

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Sukoff, M.H. (1982). Use of Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Spinal Cord Injury. In: Brock, M. (eds) Modern Neurosurgery 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08801-2_31

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