This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of maternal diabetes on fetal spinal structure, especiallyin brachial enlargement. Sixteen adult female rats were divided into two groups. Diabetes was induced in one group by alloxan agent. Both groups became pregnant by natural matting. On days 7, 14, 21 and 28 after birth, the brachial enlargement of the spinal cord was collected from offsprin...

Abstract Background The present randomized clinical trial evaluated the efficacy of a topical lidocaine-prilocaine cream (EMLA) to relief pain during spinal puncture in pediatric oncology patients. Materials and Methods Sixty patients with malignancy candidate for spinal puncture were selected for this study. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups. Group A had topical EMLA cream...

spinal cord injury (sci) actuate to complex cellular and molecular interactions within the central nervous system in a heave to repair the initial tissue damage. the pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury (sci) involves primary and secondary mechanisms. neuroinflammation is an important secondary injury process in sci. the local inflammatory microenvironment within the injured spinal cord ...

introduction: spinal cord injuries are accompanied with significant demyelination of axons and subsequent locomotor dysfunction. to identify the extent of damage following electrolytic lesion of ventrolateral white matter, essential area for initiation of locomotor activity, we assessed demyelination as well as alteration in motor performance. moreover, the protective effect of estradiol as a c...

typical nmo is characterized by simultaneous or sequential acute transverse myelitis and optic neuritis. spinal cord lesions extending over 3 or more vertebral segments and normal brain imaging are the typical mri findings in nmo. in typical cases with positive nmo antibody the diagnosis is easy but in seronegative and atypical cases with different clinical manifestations and mri features the d...

a high number of people in the world suffered from spinal cord injury (sci). spinal cord injuries are happen due to falls from height, accidents, climbing, sports and etc. emergency care according to the standards not performed immediately after sci. a significant enhancement in the number of mortality and complications was observed every year. the aim of this study is to prevent the mortality,...

case presentation an 85 years old patient presented because of intractable right leg pain with minimal activities. she was diagnosed with significant right foraminal stenosis and she failed conservative non-invasive therapies. conclusions percutaneous lumbar hydro decompression can be a promising method for the treatment of the patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and neurogenic claudication se...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background : it has been shown that bispectral index (bis) may reduce during spinal anesthesia. the aim of this study was comparing bis scores during spinal anesthesia using hyperbaric bupivacaine alone or with intrathecal or intravenous fentanyl for cesarean section. methods : in this double-blind randomized controlled cl...

by determining normal ranges of spinal canal diameters we can make early diagnosis in persons who have lower diameters of spinal canal. these persons are predisposed to spinal canal stenosis that is a major cause of spinal radiculopathies. in different studies performed in several countries, minimum and maximum ranges of spinal canal diameters were different for each population. in this study, ...

background: controlling the hemodynamic situation of patients who have spinal operation is of prime importance, and maintaining the heart rate and blood pressure in normal or low- normal levels in these patients can reduce their bleeding loss. one of the commonly used drugs for this purpose is remifentanil. another sedative-hypnotic-analgesic drug, with acceptable effects is dexmedetomidine. th...