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ArticleIranian Red Crescent medical journal2014

Preventive effect of intrathecal paracetamol on spinal cord injury in rats.

Murat Sahin, Ilyas Sayar, Kemal Peker, Huriye Gullu, Huseyin Yildiz

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Article in Iranian Red Crescent medical journal, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Murat SahinDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Erzincan, Erzincan, Turkey.
Ilyas SayarDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Erzincan, Erzincan, Turkey.
Kemal PekerDepartment of General Surgery, Erzincan University, Erzincan, Turkey.
Huriye GulluDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Mengucek Gazi Research and Training Hospital, Erzincan, Turkey.
Huseyin YildizDepartment of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sutcu Imam, Kahramanmaras, Turkey.
Erzincan University · TRKahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University · TR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIschemic injury of the spinal cord during the surgical repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms might lead to paraplegia. Although a number of different mechanisms have been proposed, the exact cause of paraplegia has remained unknown, hampering the development of effective pharmacologic or other strategies for prevention of this condition. A number of studies suggested that cyclooxygenases (COX) contribute to neural breakdown; thus, COX inhibitors might reduce injury.

objectivesWe aimed to assess the preventive effect of intrathecal (IT) pretreatment with paracetamol on spinal cord injury in a rat model. MATERIALS AND

methodsThis experimental study was performed in Ataturk University Animal Research Laboratory Center, Erzurum, Turkey. Adult male Wistar rats were randomly allocated to three experimental groups (n = 6) to receive IT physiologic saline (controls), 50 µg of paracetamol, or 100 µg paracetamol one hour before induction of spinal cord ischemia. Six other rats were considered as the sham group. For the assessment of ischemic injury, motor functions of the hind limbs and histopathologic changes of the lumbar spinal cord were evaluated. Additional 20 rats were divided into two equal groups for the second part of the study where the survival rates were recorded in controls and in animals receiving 100 µg of paracetamol during the 28-day observation period.

resultsPretreatment with 100 µg of paracetamol resulted in a significant improvement in motor functions and histopathologic findings (P < 0.05). Despite a higher rate of survival in 100 µg of paracetamol group (70%) at day 28, the difference was not statistically significant in comparison with controls.

conclusionsOur results suggest a protective effect of pretreatment with IT paracetamol on ischemic spinal cord injury during thoracolumbar aortic aneurysm surgery.

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IschemiaParaplegiaSpinal Cord

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