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OBJECTIVES: The gradual advancement of one-day surgery and conjoint ambulatory anaesthesia results from possibilities to execute mini-invasive surgeries. Such surgeries offer great benefits to the pat...
As of May 6, 2013, Michigan had reported 167 (52%) of the 320 paraspinal or spinal infections without meningitis associated with the 2012-2013 fungal meningitis outbreak nationally. Although the index...
Cerebritis and cerebral abscess due to Streptococcus pneumoniae in a newborn.
INTRODUCTION. Spinal cord injury is a catastrophic event with permanent consequences during the all life. Treatment research has been based in the development of therapies that reduce the discapacity,...
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are complex congenital malformations resulting from incomplete neurulation. Our previous work has demonstrated that motor and sensory neurons develop defectively in rat embr...
Cardiac myxosarcoma with thoracic spinal metastasis.
Echocardiography revealed a left atrial tumor in a 59-year-old man with back pain that concurrently worsened with left foot drop and loss of the left ankle reflex soon after admission to our hospital....
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune disorder with inflammatory demyelinating lesions in the central nervous system, particularly in the spinal cord and optic nerve. NMO pathogenesis is thought...
PURPOSE: This study is aimed at evaluating the safety and efficacy of transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) for patients with hypervascular painful metastatic spinal tumors refractory to percutaneous...
PURPOSE: Prognostic factors affecting outcomes in pediatric spinal cord ependymomas are limited. We sought to investigate potential associations between extent of resection and histologic grade on pro...
Genome-wide screening for copy number variations (CNVs) in ten Indian dyslexic families revealed the presence of five de novo CNVs in regions harboring GABARAP, NEGR1, ACCN1, DCDC5, and one in already...
News Articles
New Approach To Improving Treatment For Multiple Sclerosis And Other Conditions
Working with lab mice models of multiple sclerosis (MS), UC Davis scientists have detected a novel molecular target for the design of drugs that could be safer and more effective than current FDA-appr...
Sexual function in older adults with thoracolumbar–pelvic instrumentation
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Surgeons investigated sexual function in 62 patients, 50 years and older, who had received extensive spinal-pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity at th...
Challenges encountered in surgical management of spine trauma in morbidly obese patients
(Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group) Physicians in Australia describe the logistic, medical, and societal challenges faced in treating spine trauma in morbidly obese patients. Based on a case se...
Walk n’ Roll Raises over $225,000 for Children’s Specialized Hospital
Children’s Specialized Hospital is proud to announce the 2013 Walk n’ Roll, sponsored by Kohl’s Cares, raised a record $225,000 to benefit the nation’s largest pediatric rehabilitation system...
Do salamanders' immune systems hold the key to regeneration?
Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientis...
Do salamanders hold the solution to regeneration?
Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientis...
Titan Spine Announces New Appointments to Key Opinion Leader Advisory Team
Spine Surgeons Kade Huntsman, MD and Axel Reinhardt, MD Bring Expertise in Interbody Fusion Titan Spine, a medical device surface technology company focused on developi...
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE MKT: CUR) today reported that Eva Feldman, MD, PhD, principal investigator, presented updated Phase I data from its...
DETROIT, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DMC Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan (RIM) has achieved Magnet® recognition as a reflection of its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and...
SHORT HILLS, N.J., May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation today announced its Peer & Family Support Program (PFSP) has partnered with Philadelphia...
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Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. was established in March 1995 to develop therapeutic products for spinal cord injury ("SCI") and other central nervous system disorders. Acorda is focusing its initial develo...
Blue Belt Technologies, Inc. has developed the next generation of âsmartâ surgical instruments with precision robotics for use initially in orthopedic procedures and the...
Life Spine is dedicated to improving the quality of life for spinal patients by increasing procedural efficiency and efficacy through innovative design, uncompromising quality sta...
Zynex, Inc. (founded in 1996) engineers, manufactures, markets and sells its own design of electrotherapy medical devices in two distinct markets: standard digital electrotherapy...
STALIF MIDLINE⢠is the latest in a series of anterior fusion devices developed, marketed and sold by Centinel Spine, Inc. Founded in 2008, Centinel Spine, Inc. is an innovati...
InVivo Therapeutics Holding Corporation
InVivo Therapeutics Holding Corporation is a Cambridge, MA medical device company focused on utilizing polymers as a platform technology to develop treatments to improve function...
The Shriners is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the principles of brotherly love, truth and relief. We promote strong family values, fraternal and social interact...
Spinal Modulation, headquartered in Menlo Park, California, is an early stage, private medical device company developing the next generation neuromodulation system for treating ch...
Impulse Monitoring, Inc. (IMI)
Impulse Monitoring, Inc. (IMI) provides surgical support services to hospitals and other facilities that includes intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) for spinal, nerve and brain...
Saint Thomas Health Services is a faith-based ministry with more than 6,500 associates serving Middle Tennessee. Saint Thomas Health Services' regional health system consists of f...
Clinical Trials
Direct Stimulation Of Spinal Nerve Roots To Determine Sensory And Motor Innervation Patterns
The purpose of this study is to collect data while monitoring muscles and nerves during spine surgery. The data being collected and analyzed will be used to learn more about how the body's...
Neuropathic Pain Study With Botulinum Toxin A in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
The purpose of this study is to determine whether botulinum toxin A is effective in the treatment of neuropathic pain in spinal cord injury patients.
The purpose of this study is to assess the pain reduction rate after 8 weeks treatment of NORSPAN® from baseline. And secondary purpose are: pain reduction rate after 4 weeks treatment f...
Spinal Cord Stimulation for Low Back Pain
The purpose of this study is to assess the acute and chronic effectiveness of the Advanced Bionics Precision(TM) Spinal Cord Stimulation System in subjects with failed back surgery syndrom...
Exercise Testing During Treadmill Gait in Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury
Treadmill therapy has the potential to improve the physical fitness and voluntary function of incomplete-lesion spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. However, if it is to be offered as a re...
Paraplegic Cycling: Improving Health After Spinal Cord Injury
Surface electrical stimulation has for many years been widely used to retrain paralysed muscle and achieve the functions of standing and stepping. Recently a number of centres have used el...
Research Study Examining Nerve Block for Migraine
Migraine and the skin sensitivity that accompanies it can go away in minutes after a nerve block, which is a procedure involving an injection of a small amount of a local anesthetic next t...
This study aims to compare human subjects receiving epidural bupivacaine local anesthetic at different doses and concentrations and to assess the effect on vasodilatation (sympathectomy),...
Dilute Versus Concentrated Epidural Bupivacaine in Labor
This study studies labor epidural analgesia and compares dilute (0.0625%) with concentrated (0.25%) bupivacaine. We hypothesize that patients randomize to receive the concentrated drug wi...
Prospective, Randomized, Multi-center Clinical Study of Plasma Disc Decompression
The goal of this post-marketing surveillance study is to compare two procedures which are used to treat patients who require a disc decompression procedure. These procedures are: 1) plasma...
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Lumbar Epidural Abscess
Dr. Pakzaban demonstrates a left L4 laminotomy for microsurgical evacuation of (a spontaneous) ventral epidural abscess.
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Streptococcus Constellatus
A species of gram-positive bacteria in the STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP. It is commonly found in the oropharnyx flora and has a proclivity for abscess formation in the upper body and respiratory tract.
Streptococcus Anginosus
A species of gram-positive bacteria in the STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP. It is the most frequently seen isolate of that group, has a proclivity for abscess formation, and is most often isolated from the blood, gastrointestinal, and urogenital tract.
Streptococcus Intermedius
A species of gram-positive bacteria in the STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI GROUP. It is commonly found in the oropharynx flora and has a proclivity for abscess formation, most characteristically in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM and LIVER.
Nerve Fibers, Unmyelinated
A class of nerve fibers as defined by their structure, specifically the nerve sheath arrangement. The AXONS of the unmyelinated nerve fibers are small. The axons to SCHWANN CELLS ratio is greater in the unmyelinated nerve fibers than that in the myelinated fiber (NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED) which is 1:1. Usually several axons are surrounded by a single Schwann cell in the unmyelinated nerve fibers. Therefore, each unmyelinated fiber is not completely covered by the MYELIN SHEATH formed by the Schwann cell. Unmyelinated nerve fibers conduct impulses at low velocities. They represent the majority of peripheral sensory and autonomic fibers. They are also found in the spinal cord and brain.
Haemophilus Paraphrophilus
A species of gram-negative bacteria in the genus HAEMOPHILUS, found in the normal flora of the human ORAL CAVITY and PHARYNX. It can cause SUBACUTE BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; and BRAIN ABSCESS, among other conditions.
