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Effects of Atorvastatin in Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Javad Aghazadeh1, Parviz Samadi Motlagh1, Firooz Salehpour1
1Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Study Design:
Clinical trial study.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of atorvastatin on sensory and motor function in patients with acute spinal cord injury.
Overview Of Literature:
The prevalence and incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury are increasing. Statins are well established for use in hypercholesterolemia as well as during anti-inflammatory events.
Methods:
This clinical trial study included 60 patients with acute spinal cord injury. These were randomly divided into two groups: the case group which received atorvastatin and also underwent surgical therapy and the control group which only underwent surgical therapy.
Results:
The severity of spinal cord lesions was evaluated based on the Frankel grade at three periods; this showed no significant difference between the two groups. Comparisons of the levels of pain between the groups based on a Visual Analog Scale system showed no significant difference at the three periods.
Conclusions:
We observed no improvement at the 3- and 6-month follow-up in patients who were administered atorvastatin. However, a comparison of the two groups based on pain severity demonstrated a significant difference, suggesting that atorvastatin had a positive effect on patients with spinal cord injury.
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