Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

Spinal stenosis is a narrowing of the spinal canal that causes compression of the spinal cord and/or nerve roots. Resulting pain and numbness (in the hands, arms, legs, and/or feet) can vary depending ...

Second, automated shape analysis was performed on each axial section of the T2*WI spinal cord segmentation mask. 2D principal component analysis (PCA) identified the long and short axes, representing ...

Spinal tumors in children are very rare. They can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non cancerous). As spine tumors grow, they can put pressure on the spinal cord, resulting in neurologic symptoms.

We hypothesise that low-dose ketorolac use in the early postoperative period provides adequate analgesia without long-term adverse effects on spinal fusion rates. To demonstrate that ketorolac ...

A careful search for segmentally related cutaneous hemangiomas in a series of 28 patients with spinal-cord arteriovenous ... reproduction Note the large posterior vessel supplying a cutaneous ...

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF ... ligaments, and tendons. The spine protects the spinal cord and spinal nerves, which control movement and sensation. Your cervical spine, located in ...

126 people aged between 18 and 70 took part in the clinical study. They were all suffering from acute complete to incomplete spinal cord injury in the neck region (so called tetraplegia that also ...

By using a genetically modified rabies virus, they pinpointed connections from the brain to these diverse “switchboard operator” cells in the spinal cord. The atlas highlights how brain signals ...

Spinal cord injuries dramatically reduce a person’s mobility and independence, but a new device could aid rehabilitation efforts. Onward Medical received Food and Drug Administration clearance ...

The study, which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural ...