Experimental Treatment of Spinal Cord Injuries

Czech version

Authors: A. Hejčl ^1–3; P. Jendelová ^2,4; M. Sameš ¹; E. Syková ^2,4
Authors‘ workplace: Neurochirurgická klinika UJEP a Krajská zdravotní a. s., Masarykova nemocnice v Ústí nad Labem, o. z. ¹; Ústav experimentální medicíny AV ČR, v. v. i., Praha ²; Mezinárodní centrum klinického výzkumu, FN u sv. Anny v Brně ³; Ústav neurověd, 2. LF UK v Praze ⁴
Published in: Cesk Slov Neurol N 2015; 78/111(4): 377-392
Category: Minimonography
doi: https://doi.org/10.14735/amcsnn2015377

Overview

Spinal cord injuries still remain incurable in current clinical practice. Standard therapy focuses on early decompression and stabilization of the injured spine together with prevention of a secondary injury. On the other hand, several experimental therapies are being developed in laboratories. Some of these showed partial functional and morphological effect in laboratory animals. Over the last 20 years, some of the experimental therapies have been applied in clinical studies but did not provide unambiguous results. In the present paper, we provide an overview of current clinical and experimental therapies of spinal cord injuries.

Key words:
spinal cord injury – stem cells – biomaterials – regeneration – experimental treatment

The authors declare they have no potential conflicts of interest concerning drugs, products, or services used in the study.

The Editorial Board declares that the manuscript met the ICMJE “uniform requirements” for biomedical papers.

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