[Experimental study on the treatment of spinal cord injury with transplantation of the greater omentum].

The effects of pedicled omentum transplantation without vascular anastomosis in treating traumatic spinal cord injury in animals were observed. The shaped omentum was spread on the surface area of the injured part of the cord with its edges stitched to the cut-open edges of dura matter. Six hours later, the transplanted omentum and the covered cord surface stick together, becoming tighter and tighter with the time on until the omentum, arachnoid and pia matter stick fast. At the same time, newly developing capillaries sprouted out on the cord surface, growing inwards into the white matter upto 0.2mm at about 3 to 4 weeks; there mixing with neurofibers. During this period of time, (1 to 4 wks. after transplantation), the pathology in the treated group and the control group were obviously different: the focal hemorrhage, the necrosis of neurocytes and the degeneration of neurofibers were much less in degree and extent in the former group than that in the latter; the survivors of neurocytes and neurofibers were also great more in the treated group.