ArticleNeurosurgery2021
Ultrasound in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Wide-Open Field.
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- Observation on the efficacy of combined electrical stimulation in the treatment of incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
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- Spinal cord neuromodulation for blood pressure control using low-intensity focused ultrasound.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A novel open-source ultrasound dataset with deep learning benchmarks for spinal cord injury localization and anatomical segmentation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The feasibility and utility of intraoperative ultrasound in spinal cord injury patients: an international survey of AO spine members.Spinal cord · 2025Article
- Evolution of Spinal Cord Swelling in Acute Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury.Neurotrauma reports · 2025Article
- Potential applications of focused ultrasound for spinal cord diseases: a narrative review of preclinical studies.Brain & spine · 2025Review
- Inflammatory response in traumatic brain and spinal cord injury: The role of XCL1-XCR1 axis and T cells.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Review
- What We Do and What We Should Do Against Malnutrition in Spinal Cord Injury: A Position Paper From Italian Spinal Cord Injury Network Rehabilitation Centers.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2024Review
- Spinal cord injury: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic interventions.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2023Review
- Ultrasound monitoring of microcirculation: An original study from the laboratory bench to the clinic.Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) · 2022Article
- In Reply: Ultrasound in Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Wide-Open Field.Neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Neuroinflammation and Scarring After Spinal Cord Injury: Therapeutic Roles of MSCs on Inflammation and Glial Scar.Frontiers in immunology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) is a common and devastating condition. In the absence of effective validated therapies, there is an urgent need for novel methods to achieve injury stabilization, regeneration, and functional restoration in SCI patients. Ultrasound is a versatile platform technology that can provide a foundation for viable diagnostic and therapeutic interventions in SCI. In particular, real-time perfusion and inflammatory biomarker monitoring, focal pharmaceutical delivery, and neuromodulation are capabilities that can be harnessed to advance our knowledge of SCI pathophysiology and to develop novel management and treatment options. Our review suggests that studies that evaluate the benefits and risks of ultrasound in SCI are severely lacking and our understanding of the technology's potential impact remains poorly understood. Although the complex anatomy and physiology of the spine and the spinal cord remain significant challenges, continued technological advances will help the field overcome the current barriers and bring ultrasound to the forefront of SCI research and development.
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