Evaluation of Diaphragmatic electromyography of cervical spinal cord hemi section in Rat model

Fouad, Samah Awad; Rezk, Shaymaa Elsayed; Rizk, Awad Hassan; Mosbah, Esam; Awad, Basem Ibrahim

doi:10.21608/mvmj.2021.89291.1073

Evaluation of Diaphragmatic electromyography of cervical spinal cord hemi section in Rat model

Document Type : Original Articles

Authors

¹ department of surgery,anaethiologyand radiology.faculty of vet.medicine.mansoura univerisity.Egypt

² Department of Cytology and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mansoura, Mansoura 35516, Egypt

³ Department of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt.

⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Facultyof medicine Mansoura University, Egypt.

10.21608/mvmj.2021.89291.1073

Abstract

Objective: Estimation the degree of induced traumatic cervical segments damage using Electromyography (EMG) of the two diaphragmatic pillars separately in rat model.
Design: Prospective controlled study.
Animals: sixteen Sprague dawely rats were divided into 2 groups (8 rats in each group).
Procedures: Cervical hemi section was surgically induced by a lateral cord section below the cervical dorsal root number 2 with micro scalpel. After 28 days post-injury, EMG record was done at the two diaphragmatic crural regions, followed by histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations.
Results: There was significant decrease in mean integrated EMG activity of LT diaphragmatic muscles than RT one in the hemi sectioned group P

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Surgery

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