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From: Spinal cord injury: is monitoring from the injury site the future?

Fig. 4

Expansion duroplasty. a Three intradural compartments form after TSCI—above, at, and below the injury site. b Intraoperative photo showing duroplasty. D dura, DP dural patch. c Postoperative MRI showing the swollen, injured cord herniating into the duroplasty. d Intraspinal pressure (ISP) and e spinal cord perfusion pressure (SCPP) versus days after injury for 10 patients who had laminectomy and 11 patients who had laminectomy + duroplasty. Mean ± standard error. *P < 0.05. Adapted from [13] and [18]

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