objectives: the aim of this study was to evaluate the etiology, associated injurers and clinical presentation of post traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. methods: this study was a cross-sectional study being conducted in the department of cardiovascular, thoracic surgery (cvts) and pediatric surgery, sher-i-kashmir institute of medical sciences (skims), srinagar, kashmir, india. all patients of pos...

STUDY DESIGN Histologic and ultrastructural study of disc cell death after traumatic injury to the human cervical spine and postmortem (p-m) in the porcine cervical spine. OBJECTIVE To determine the changes in disc cell morphology, viability, and manner of cell death after trauma in human discs and p-m in porcine discs. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Similarities in the morphology of human and ...

Background Sports-related concussion (SRC) results from abnormal traumatic forces applied to the brain, resulting in temporary alteration in neurological functioning. At the time of injury, such forces also are applied often to the cervical spine, placing the athlete at risk of a coexistent cervical spine injury. Spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality (SCIWORA) is a unique form of ...

BACKGROUND This study examined the relationship between four radiological parameters (Pavlov's ratio, sagittal diameter, spinal cord area, and spinal canal area) in patients with a traumatic cervical spine injury, as well as the correlation between these parameters and the neurological outcome. METHODS A total of 212 cervical spinal levels in 53 patients with a distractive-extension injury we...

materials and methods the development of the trauma registry form began in february 2013. the variables were finalized by a team consisting of general and trauma surgeons, specialists in emergency medicine, orthopedists, neurosurgeons, and public health professionals who have special interest in trauma research. the scale was sent to 10 specialists for validation. results after assessing the sc...

Aims, Objectives and Background Approximately 2500 people suffer a traumatic cervical spinal fracture per year in the UK, of which 10–14% have an associated cord injury. Emergency department practice was changed after Sundstrom et al (2014) found existing evidence for spine collars to be weak. From April 2015 new guideline implemented Royal Derby Hospital removing routine use certain groups. Th...

Fluorescein is modified to bear 18F so that it can act as both a positron emitter, and a fluorophore, allowing detection by positron emission tomography (PET), scintillation, and fluorescent imaging (FL). [18F]-2 is injected into the intrathecal space of rats and used to observe the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that bathes the brain and spine. Injury in three different applications is visualized w...