@article{d7cf5d7dba4a4f2ebc5764edd650159b,
title = "Regional Spinal Cord Cooling Using a Countercurrent Closed-Lumen Epidural Catheter",
abstract = "We developed a method of regional spinal cord cooling by using an epidural catheter containing cold saline in its isolated counter-current lumen. We describe the clinical application of this innovative procedure to the prevention of paraplegia during surgery for thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.",
author = "Hideyuki Shimizu and Atsuo Mori and Tatsuya Yamada and Akiko Ishikawa and Hideyuki Okano and Junzo Takeda and Ryohei Yozu",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. We express special thanks to Nobuyuki Kabei, PhD for excellent technical assistance.",
year = "2010",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.06.045",
language = "English",
volume = "89",
pages = "1312--1313",
journal = "Annals of Thoracic Surgery",
issn = "0003-4975",
publisher = "Elsevier USA",
number = "4",
}