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Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Joint Program

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Medicine

A Contusion Model of Severe Spinal Cord Injury in Rats

Vibhor Krishna¹, Hampton Andrews¹, Xing Jin², Jin Yu¹, Abhay Varma¹, Xuejun Wen³, Mark Kindy¹

¹Department of Neuroscience, Division of Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, ²Bioengineering, Clemson University, ³Clemson-MUSC Bioengineering Joint Program

A contusion model of severe spinal cord injury is described. Detailed pre-operative, operative and post-operative steps are described to obtain a consistent model.