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Observation of the Circulation of Cauda Equina in Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves

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Spinal Cord Monitoring and Electrodiagnosis

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The pathogenesis of intermittent claudication in spinal canal stenosis has attracted increasing attention as a blood flow problem in the spinal cord and cauda equina. It has been noted that the increased density and dilatation of blood vessels in the lumbar spinal cord or the ipsilateral limb can be induced after electrical stimulation of a limb.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chiba University, School of Medicine, Chiba 280, Japan

    A. Dezawa

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Asahi-Machi 1, Niigata 951, Japan

    Koki Shimoji M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Takahide Kurokawa M.D. (Professor and Director) (Professor and Director)

  3. Department of Orthopaedics, Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama, Japan

    Tetsuya Tamaki M.D. (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  4. Marine Biomedical Institute Ashbel Smith, Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 200 University Boulevard, 77550-2772, Galveston, Texas, USA

    William D. Willis Jr. M.D., PhD. (Director) (Director)

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Dezawa, A., Moriya, S., Kitahara, H., Takahashi, K., Murakami, M. (1991). Observation of the Circulation of Cauda Equina in Spinal Canal Stenosis Following Electrical Stimulation of Peripheral Nerves. In: Shimoji, K., Kurokawa, T., Tamaki, T., Willis, W.D. (eds) Spinal Cord Monitoring and Electrodiagnosis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75744-0_28

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