PURPOSE We investigated types and prevalence of coexisting lesions found on whole spine sagittal T2-weighted images (WSST2I) acquired from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and evaluated their clinical significance in surgical degenerative spinal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS Coexisting spinal lesions were investigated using WSST2I from 306 consecutive patients with surgical degenerative spi...

Introduction Numerous diseases can result in signs of spinal cord dysfunction (LeCouteur et al., 1995). Included in this group of diseases are those, such as intervertebral disc disease, that compress or distort the cord from an extradural location and those diseases that arise from within the spinal cord parenchyma itself. With the advent of newer spinal imaging modalities, the ability to ‘see...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D receptor (VDR) FokI polymorphism has been reported to influence the risk of spinal diseases. However, several studies suggest inconsistent results. Therefore, we performed this analysis to reveal the accurate relationship between VDR FokI polymorphism and spinal diseases. MATERIALS AND METHODS 8 articles accord with the strict inclusion and exclusion criteria. 1116 cases ...

treatment recommendations can be offered. Some spinal neurologic diseases, such as many of the spinal degenerative disorders, either are not treatable or have no globally accepted treatment. For those diseases with established treatments, general treatments include either non-surgical (medical) or surgical treatments. Rehabiliation, physical therapy, and pain management are also important aspec...

Chronic spinal diseases, including deformities and muscular pain, are significant causes of morbidity among adults and the elderly. The scope of this study is to assess the life expectancy of Brazilians with chronic spinal diseases by sex and age between 2003 and 2008. The Sullivan method was used, combining the mortality/actuarial table with the prevalence of chronic spinal diseases. The morta...

The symptoms of mononeuritis associated with eosinophilic granulomatosis polyangiitis (EGPA) resemble those radiculopathy spinal diseases. Herein, we report three cases neuropathy caused by EGPA, which were suspected

objective: spinal cord injury (sci) causes inflammation, deformity and cell loss. it has been shown that melissa officinalis (mo), as herbal medicine, and dexamethasone (dex) are useful in the prevention of various neurological diseases. the present study evaluated combinational effects of dex and mo on spinal cord injury. materials and methods: thirty six adult male wistar rats were used in th...

It is hardly necessary to review at length the third edition of a book so widely and so favourably known as Dr. Byrom Bramwell's Diseases of the Spinal Cord,?one, too, that has been translated into three languages. As was inevitable in view of the growth of our knowledge with regard to nervous diseases, a considerable extension of the book has been made in this edition. It appears to us to have...