Crotalus helleri venom preconditioning reduces postoperative cerebral edema and improves neurological outcomes after surgical brain injury

Crotalus helleri venom preconditioning reduces postoperative cerebral edema and improves neurological outcomes after surgical brain injury

Introduction: Postoperative cerebral edema is a devastating complication in neurosurgical patients. Loss of blood-brain barrier integrity has been shown to lead to the development of brain edema following neurosurgical procedures. The aim of this study was to evaluate preconditioning with Crotalus h...

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Main Authors: Cherine H. Kim, Devin W. McBride, Prativa Sherchan, Carl E. Person, Eric C.K. Gren, Wayne Kelln, Tim Lekic, William K. Hayes, Jiping Tang, John H. Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
Subjects:
Crotalus helleri
Rattlesnake venom
Surgical brain injury
Brain edema
Cerebral edema
Preconditioning
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996117300499

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