These symptoms rapidly progressed to profound weakness in all limbs with significant reduction in his forced vital capacity. Emergency MRI showed a large cervical spinal epidural abscess for which he ...

Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukubashi Ibaraki, 305 Japan, Japan ...

Objectives: To review the evidence available for clearance of the cervical spine in children under 16 years of age after trauma, and to provide guidance to enable this to be practised safely. Methods: ...

When pseudoarthrosis affects the cervical or lumbar spine, it means that two vertebrae did not grow together after surgery ... Treatment for pseudoarthrosis will likely start with medication, physical ...

It’s a great option if you’re having a c-section, and it can also be used to treat back pain. An epidural injection is a procedure used to relieve pain in the lower back and legs. It involves ...

Sufficient bone was removed above and below the lesion to expose epidural fat of about 0.3-cm. thickness superiorly and inferiorly. The cervical spinal cord was found to be pushed dorsally by a ...

Methods: All relevant research publications on dysphagia occurring after cervical spine surgery were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection database. Literature coupling, co-citation and co ...

Objective: To establish the incidence of clinically important inflammatory cervical spine abnormalities in radiographs of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods: Patients were selected from ...

Spinal epidural lipomatosis (SEL) is a rare condition characterized by excessive growth of adipose tissue in the epidural space, leading to spinal cord or nerve root compression. We present a case of ...

The lumbosacral joint, also called L5-S1, is a term used to describe a part of the spine. L5-S1 is the exact spot where the lumbar spine ... chiropractic adjustments, and epidural steroid injections.