Beneficial effect of the oxygen free radical scavenger amifostine (WR-2721) on spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rabbits

Beneficial effect of the oxygen free radical scavenger amifostine (WR-2721) on spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury in rabbits

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Paraplegia is the most devastating complication of thoracic or thoraco-abdominal aortic surgery. During these operations, an ischemia-reperfusion process is inevitable and the produced radical oxygen species cause severe oxidative st...

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Main Authors: Karanikolas Menelaos, Koletsis Efstratios N, Georgiou Christos D, Grintzalis Konstantinos, Papapostolou Ioannis, Apostolakis Efstratios, Chronidou Fany, Papathanasopoulos Panagiotis, Dougenis Dimitrios
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/50

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