We experienced a 73-year-old male with lumbar nerve root compression due to leakage of bone cement after vertebroplasty. He was underwent vertebroplasty for acute osteoporotic L4 compression fracture at our hospital. After vertebroplasty, his back pain was improved but right leg pain was newly developed. Lumbar computed tomography scanning showed that bone cements were leaked along the L4 nerve...

STUDY DESIGN Systematic review. OBJECTIVES To assess efficacy and safety of spinal cord stimulation in patients with chronic leg and back pain and failed back surgery syndrome and to examine prognostic factors that predict spinal cord stimulation outcome. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA A previous systematic review of spinal cord stimulation in patients with chronic back and leg pain and failed ...

BACKGROUND The common causes of lower back pain with or without leg pain includes disk disease and spinal stenosis. A definitive diagnosis is usually made by means of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but treatment is often difficult because the MRI findings are not consistent with the symptoms of the patient in many cases. The objective of this study was to observe the correlation between the ...

Venous leg ulcers are defined as an open lesion between the knee and the ankle joint that remains unhealed for at least four weeks and occurs in the presence of venous disease (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network [SIGN], 2010). They are a significant health burden, making up a large proportion of community nurses’ caseloads and can have a significant impact on quality of life, particula...

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 28-year-old man referred to the dermatology clinic with an asymptomatic firm, well demarcated violaceous plaque with bumpy surface on his right medial upper shin since two years ago. At first, the lesion was an erythematous patch and gradually became like a plaque. He had pain and sensation of heaviness in his leg (Figure 1). He had no other skin lesions and was otherwis...