Quantifying the Risk of Spinal Injury in Motor Vehicle Collisions According to Ambulatory Status: A Prospective Analytical Study.

Background: The association between ambulation at the scene of a motor vehicle collision (MVC) and spinal injury has never been quantified.

Objective: To evaluate the association between ambulation and spinal injury in patients involved in a MVC.

Methods: Prospective analytical-observational cohort study.

Wide-field functional imaging of blood flow and hemoglobin oxygen saturation in the rodent dorsal window chamber.

The rodent dorsal window chamber is a widely used in vivo model of the microvasculature. The model consists of a 1cm region of exposed microvasculature in the rodent dorsal skin that is immobilized by surgically implanted titanium frames, allowing the skin microvasculature to be visualized. We describe a detailed protocol for surgical implantation of the dorsal window chamber which enables researchers to perform the window chamber implantation surgery.