The effect of vascular pediceled peripheral nerve tissue grafting in repair spinal cord injury / 中国康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the repairment effects of vascular pediceled nervous tissue on adult rat＇s spinal cord injury. Method:A 5mm cord defect of the left lateral column was made at Ti-3 vertebral level,and then the defect was grafted randomly using vascdarized peripheral nerve (Group VPN),embryonic day 14 fetal spinal cord(Group FSC) or vascular pediceled peripheral nerve and fetal spinal cord(Group V + F).8 weeks after surgery, the survival,differentiation of the grafts, and the ability of repaired host spinal cord were assessed. Result: In VPN-FSC co-graft group, peripheral nerve segment was extensively vascularized and well innervated,plenty of Schwann cells survived and proliferated. In this group, anti-NF, S-100 positives fibers were significantly greater than group VPN (P＜0.01). The fetal implant was intimately fused with the host CNS parenchyma, the volume, nerve fibers and neurons density of the fetal implant were significantly higher than Group FSC(P＜0.01). The majority of neurons in this group were well differentiated, well-developed and synapses were scattered throughout the neuropil. SEP assessments showed that the latgncy of P1 ,N1 wave was significantly decreased in this group (P＜0.01).Conclusion:The vascular pediceled peripheral nerve could prompt the development of fetal implant and support the regeneration of central injured axons to certain degrees.