... pons and cervical spinal cord appeared notch-like due to the compression of the cyst The spinal cord was thickened from the pons to the thoracic spinal cord T10, and a syrinx was seen in the spinal ... herniates into the foramen magnum andspinal canal to compress the spinal cord, consequently causing blockage of the spinal canal and the stoppage of cerebral spinal flow, leading to syringomyelia ... the spinal cord and develop syringomyelia In 2000, Jain et al [19] reported one case of a giant posterior fossa arachnoid cyst extending into the spinal canal to compress the spinal cord and...
... elevated CRP and ESR and inflammatory signal on MRI was worrisome for an infectious etiology He was admitted to the hospital and taken to the OR the following day for a decompression and possible ... Virgin Islands He had been here for his cancer treatments, but upon resolution of his back and leg symptoms, he returned to his home He was scheduled to return to our clinic weeks, weeks, andand months ... Surgical Management and Outcome Assessment J Spinal Disord Tech 2004, 17:321-325 Epstein NE: Lumbar laminectomy for the resection of synovial cysts and coexisting lumbar spinal stenosis or degenerative...
... vasculature (A) and Doppler images of the rostral cerebral artery (C), left caudal cerebral artery (B), and right caudal cerebral artery (D) minutes for adapting to experimental environment And dogs ... intracranial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) spaces or in brain parenchyma were accepted as the gold standard in neurosurgery and these methods called for general or at least local anesthesiaand carried the ... (RCA) andcaudal cerebral artery (CCA) at baseline and at various times following the start of mannitol (1 g/kg), furosemide (1 mg/kg), and saline (5 ml/kg) infusion Values are means ± standard...
... trapezius, the left quadratus lumborum, and the left rhomboid muscles Standing anteroposterior and lateral cervical and lumbar radiographs were obtained and analyzed for regional alignment as ... Case #3 History and examination A 23-year-old female presented with bilateral diffuse neck and lumbodorsal pain, and right-sided scapular and shoulder pain The pain was constant and sharp in nature ... sagittal cervical and lumbar curves, reducing forward head posture, and reducing the swayback posture Intervention and outcome The initial weeks of care consisted of manipulative and rehabilitative...
... (Figure 2), with true epidural lipomatosis of Borré grade III (sagittal diameters of spinal canal 24 mm, epidural fat 18 mm, and dural sac mm; with an epidural fat and/ or spinal canal index of ... diameters of spinal canal at 16 mm, epidural fat at mm and dural sac at 13 mm, with an epidural fat and/ or spinal canal index of 3/16 = 19% (LEL according to Borré) This large dural sac and excess ... associated with the deposition of epidural fat, and that overall obesity was unrelated to the amount of epidural fat deposited [10] The distribution of epidural fat in epidural lipomatosis may vary...
... In sepsis, both α- and β-adrenoreceptors impair hepatic function and immune response [16-18] Thoracic epiduralanesthesia (TEA) promotes postoperative intestinal recovery and reduces cardiovascular ... perfusion and attenuates leukocyte activation in sepsis; and influences systemic inflammatory response and liver tissue injury induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) in rats Materials and methods ... postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials BMJ 2000, 321:1493 Tziavrangos E, Schug SA: Regional anaesthesia and perioperative...
... through an effect on circulation and volume of cerebral spinal fluid (10) In contrast to conventional combined spinalandepidural anesthesia, in the present case report, spinal local anesthetic was ... eccentric, and unreactive immediately after intubation and for a period of approximately 30 min, suggesting that total spinal analgesia had indeed occurred The overall safety of combined spinalandepidural ... approximately 30 and then, gradually, the pupils became concentric and smaller Ventilation was controlled to normocapnia, andanesthesia was maintained with 50% nitrous oxide (N,O) and 0.5% isoflurane...
... literature review and comments on pathogenesis J Neurol Sci 1975;26(1):61-70 Garg RK, Nag D Intramedullary spinal cysticercosis: response to albendazole: case reports and review of literature Spinal Cord ... neoplasms such as ependymoma, and infections such as abscess21 When a patient had a history of cysticercosis or came from an endemic region and MRI revealed a cystic spinal cord lesion, the diagnosis ... intramedullary cysticercosis could be suspected and be further verified by serologic alterations, subcutaneous nodules, and changes in the cerebrospinal fluid The CSF examination often shows increased...
... physical status I and II, scheduled for elective surgeries under spinal anesthesia, were included Patients having problems in communication, any contraindications to spinalanesthesiaand Patients ... the efficacy of Valsalva maneuver on needle projection pain and hemodynamic responses during spinal puncture Methods and Materials This randomized clinical trial was performed in Dr.Shariati Hospital ... were rated as mild, 4–6 as moderate, and > as severe pain In a pilot study of 20 patients having spinalanesthesia by 25-guage Quincke needle without introducer and any local infiltration, 90% of...
... spasticity and flexor spasms The goals then are improved comfort and wheelchair posture, Intrathecal baclofen for the control of spinaland supraspinal spasticity Figure 10.2 A programmable pump, andspinal ... thereafter ITB and the rehabilitation team Physical and occupational therapists in neurological andspinal rehabilitation units and communitybased teams need to be aware of the potential and limitations ... bolus or as a continued infusion (Dressandt et al., 1995) the SIP (‘mobility’, ‘body care and movement’), and in health behaviour (‘sleep and rest’, ‘recreation and pastimes’), but not in psychosocial...
... medicine andspinal cord injury / Laurance Johnston p cm Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 1-932603-50-6 (alk paper) Spinal cord—Wounds and injuries—Alternative treatment Spinal ... some wrist control, and hand sensation, enabling him to use a phone handset and feed himself without a splint Because he has also regained use of abdominal, lower back, and paraspinal muscles, he ... passive, and that which is deep or hidden In contrast, yang, the masculine, represents heat, light, active, and that which is on the surface Yin and yang are constantly interacting and changing, and...
... the space and therefore not threatened by an advancing epidural needle 6 Epidural Analgesia Current Views and Approaches Epidural Space Venous Plexus Spinal Cord Ligamentum Flavum Epidural Fat ... Actualities and Perspectives in Continuous Epidural Analgesia During Childbirth in Romania Virgil Dorca, Dan Mihu, Diana Feier, Adela Golea and Simona Manole Chapter 95 Combined SpinalEpiduralAnesthesia ... isobaric bupivacaine spinalanesthesia with epinephrine and clonidine for hip surgery in the elderly Anesthesia Analgesia, Vol.66, pp.442-446 26 Epidural Analgesia Current Views and Approaches Reid...
... Spinal Reconstruction Clinical Examples of Applied Basic Science, Biomechanics and Engineering edited by Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski University of Arizona and Center for Advanced Spinal Surgery ... Spinal Fusion 255 Aditya V Ingalhalikar, Patrick W Hitchon, and Tae-Hong Lim vii Contents 24 Intervertebral Disc Arthroplasty as an Alternative to Spinal Fusion: Rationale and Biomechanical and ... Villas, and Jose Luis Beguiristain Section VI: Biophysics, Biomaterials/Biodegradable 32 Bone Graft Materials Used to Augment Spinal Arthrodesis Debdut Biswas and Jonathan N Grauer, and Andrew...
... (data not shown), and that Cdx-2 promoter and endogenous Cdx-2 mRNA and protein expression in the InR1-G9 cell line were also activated by forskolin ⁄ IBMX treatment (Figs 1C, 3C and 4B), led to ... molecules in pancreatic and intestinal proglucagon producing cells, and to identify whether Ras and ⁄ or Rap are indeed involved in regulating Cdx-2 expression would further our understanding on this ... (CIHR, MOP-62745G), and Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA, 1198) to TJ, and CIHR and CDA operating grants to PLB PLB is a Canadian Research Chair, LC is a recipient of Banting and Best Diabetes...
... located in the spinal cord caudal to the lesion and/ or the other being, the inexcitable peripheral nerves and/ or the irresponsiveness of the muscle Caudal to the lesion, the activity of the spinal motoneuron ... recording of ipsilateral and contralateral muscle twitches and evoked and spontaneous spinal activity during the entire experiment Ahmed Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation 2010, ... 0.1 m PBS and cryoprotected in 20% sucrose in PBS at 4°C for 24 h The spinal column was freeze mounted and cut into 30 μm sections and placed on poly-L-lysine-coated glass slides The spinal column...
... are seated and instructed to alternately touch with their foot, as fast and as accurately as possible, two standardized targets placed 30 cm Dyer et al Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation ... trials per task and expressed as a percentage of the maximal EMG achieved in that muscle across the three trials of knee extension for VL and RF, and of plantarflexion for Sol and GL Electrophysiological ... maximal EMG) during maximal activations of VL and RF reached 29% (Figure 2A) and 27% (Figure 2B) respectively in the control participant and 49% (Figure 2E) and 69% (Figure 2F) in the stroke participant...
... while O and cLBP showed a “cone” shape (Figure 5B and Figure 5C) CoR was located between L1 and L3 in C (CoR Zone: 2) and between S1 and ASIS in O and cLBP (CoR Zone: 5; Mann-Whitney p = 0.007 and ... posture and hip joint moments during a standing task, and trunk forward flexion motion International Journal of Obesity 2007, 31:267-27 Buckwalter JA: Maintaining and restoring mobility in middle and ... (a2), and thoracic movement (a3) The above mentioned angles were evaluated at the initial standing position (START) and at maximum forward flexion (MAX) The range of motion (ROM) between START and...
... subjects Hornby et al [34] and Colombo et al [35] examined individuals with spinal cord injury and found differences in muscle activation patterns between stepping with Lokomat® and stepping with manual ... joint angles and footground contact, lower limb surface electromyography, pushbutton control signal, artificial muscle force and elastic band force We recorded bilateral ankle, knee and hip Page ... speed, trial condition and fidelity of the data We calculated the average standard deviation over the stride cycle (reported in Figures and 5) for each average profile and for each condition...
... subjects with spinal cord injury walking with (MA) and without (WO) manual assistance and control (C) subEMG profiles for EMG profiles for subjects with spinal cord injury walking with (MA) and without ... (VL), rectus femoris (RF), and medial hamstring (MH) and averaged kinematic profiles for the ankle, hip and knee Averages are taken from six subjects with spinal cord injury and six neurologically ... subjects with spinal cord injury walking with (MA) and without (WO) manual assistance and control (C) subEMG profiles for EMG profiles for subjects with spinal cord injury walking with (MA) and without...
... Foundation (KK) and by NIH grants PO1 HD25938 and RO1 CA95287 (WBS) We thank Dr Michael Hefferan and Dr Viktor Skihar for help with spinal cord surgery, and Francisco Beltran and Adriana Charbono ... types during demyelination and remyelination Along with comparisons of demyelination and remyelination in wild type and NG2 null mice, we evaluated the recruitment and abundance of specific cell ... wild type mice (Figures 3A, B and Table 2) This same trend was also observed in the cases of macrophages/microglial cells (Figures 3E and 3F) and pericytes (Figures 3I and 3J) The most remarkable...