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ArticleSpinal cord series and cases2016

Motor evoked potential and voluntary EMG activity after olfactory mucosal autograft transplantation in a case of chronic, complete spinal cord injury: case report.

Koichi Iwatsuki, Fumihiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Sankai, Yu-Ichiro Ohnishi, Takeshi Nakamura, Masahiro Ishihara, Koichi Hosomi, Koshi Ninomiya, Takashi Moriwaki, Toshiki Yoshimine

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Article in Spinal cord series and cases, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intramedullary cervical spinal mass after stem cell transplantation using an olfactory mucosal cell autograft.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2019
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  3. Reconstructing the severed spinal cord.Surgical neurology international · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Koichi IwatsukiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Fumihiro TajimaDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wakayama Medical University , Wakayama, Japan.
Yoshiyuki SankaiCenter for Cybernics Research, University of Tsukuba , Ibaraki, Japan.
Yu-Ichiro OhnishiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Takeshi NakamuraDepartment of Rehabilitation Medicine, Wakayama Medical University , Wakayama, Japan.
Masahiro IshiharaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Koichi HosomiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Koshi NinomiyaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Takashi MoriwakiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Toshiki YoshimineDepartment of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Medical School , Osaka, Japan.
Osaka University · JPWakayama Medical University · JPUniversity of Tsukuba · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of olfactory mucosal autografts (OMAs) for chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) has been reported, but there is no report documenting electrophysiological conductivity via the emergence of motor evoked potentials (MEPs). We report the case of a 39-year-old man with chronic, complete SCI at T8, who exhibited MEPs after OMA transplantation, and, with intensive rehabilitation, was ultimately able to ambulate with short leg braces and Lofstrand crutches. The initial injury occurred in a motor vehicle accident in November 1999 and resulted in a complete loss of sensorimotor function below T8. OMA transplantation to the injury site was performed in March 2010 in combination with intensive pre- and postoperative rehabilitation. The patient exhibited voluntary electromyograph (EMG) activity and MEPs at 96 and 144 weeks after transplantation and he was was ambulatory with short leg braces and Lofstrand crutches at 144 weeks after transplantation. We were able to elicit MEPs after OMA with intensive rehabilitation. To our knowledge, this is the first report of recovery of electrophysiological conductivity in the spinal cord after any type of treatment for chronic, complete SCI.

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PMCPMC5125064
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