Awake rabbit model of ischemic spinal cord injury with delayed paraplegia: The role of ambient temperature.

Background: Paraplegia after spinal cord ischemia is a devastating condition in the clinic. Here, we develop an awake rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia with delayed paraplegia and explore the influence of ambient temperature on the outcomes after injury.

Methods: A total of 47 male rabbits were involved in the present study.