Onward Medical has successfully implanted a second patient with a brain-computer interface (BCI) system to restore lower limb ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

Reem Hospital proudly announces the resounding success of its International Neuro and Spine Symposium, held on September 16 ...

Severe fractures may require both front and back incisions during surgery. Surgical decompression, the removal of bone fragments off of the spinal cord, may be necessary to maximize a patient’s ...

Mammis suggested implanting a spinal cord stimulator for Figueroa’s condition, but did not order any diagnostic studies of the spine before the surgery on May 22, 2017, Kimball said. In the days ...

Objective: A cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) is a traumatic catastrophe that ... Although both anterior and posterior approaches effectively facilitate spinal decompression and promote good ...

Sparacia G, Galia M, Brancatelli G, Sparacia B. Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Spinal Cord Decompression Sickness. MedGenMed 2(3), 2000 [formerly published in Medscape Orthopaedics & Sports ...

and in their case the inert gas that is liberated during decompression is nitrogen. MRI, because of its high sensitivity in detection of spinal cord pathologic changes and its advantages of direct ...

Treatment for conditions that affect the spinal cord often includes rehabilitation and may also involve medication and/or surgery. The spinal cord is adjacent to and below the medulla, which is the ...