188. Experience on Traumatic Cervical Syndrome

Acute traumatic central cord syndrome--experience using surgical decompression with open-door expansile cervical laminoplasty.

BACKGROUND Open-door expansile cervical laminoplasty (ODECL) is an effective surgical technique in the treatment of multilevel cervical spondylotic myelopathy. In the present study, we reviewed the safety and short-term neurological outcome after expansile cervical laminoplasty in the treatment of acute central cord syndrome. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed our database over a 3-year peri...

Radioimmunotherapy and apoptotic induction on CK19-overexpressing human cervical carcinoma cells with Re-188-mAbCx-99.

BACKGROUND The overexpression of Ck19 antigen occurs frequently in human carcinomas. The strategy and mechanism of radioimmunotherapy using Re-188-mAbCx-99 to Ck19 on human cervical carcinoma cells was investigated in this study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using mAbCx-99, the overexpression of Ck19 protein in lysates of cell lines and tissues from various patients' cervixes were verified by immuno...

Hydatid Disease of the Cervical Spine Mimicking Traumatic Burst Fracture

Background & Importance: Hydatid disease of the spine is rare but constitutes approximately 50% of bone involvement cases in human hydatidosis. It is a severe condition associated with a high rate of morbidity, disability and mortality. Case Presentation: In the present paper, we report an intriguing case of cervical spinal hydatid disease mimicking traumatic burst fracture. Con...

The Impact of Empathy Training on Social Problem Solving Skills in Female Students with Traumatic Experience

Background and Purpose: Human beings face many traumatic events throughout their lives with different consequences. Many children and adolescents experience stressful events during their developmental period, such as parental addiction or death of an elderly relative. Posttraumatic stress disorder is a complicated and chronic disorder that causes significant problems and disruptions in social a...

Differential diagnosis of local cervical syndrome versus cervical brachial syndrome.