Yinqing Wang, Chengbin Yang, Jiachen Wang, Mengping Wei, Qing Xu, Zhanjing Wang, Tianqi Tu, Yuxiang Fan, Zihao Song, Wanru Duan, Chunmei Chen, Hongqi Zhang, Yongjie Ma
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Venous hypertensive myelopathy (VHM), mainly induced by the spinal dural arteriovenous fistula, is a congestive spinal cord injury that currently has no appropriate animal model available in preclinical research. METHODS: Sprague Dawley rats (280-320 g) were used. The rats were divided into 3 groups: (1) Group 1, which underwent renal artery-dorsal spinal venous bypass (AVB group); (2) Group 2, which underwent renal artery-dorsal spinal venous bypass and drainage vein stenosis (AVB/VS group); and (3) Control group, with T13 dorsal vein ligation...
April 15, 2024: Neurosurgery