Andrew Smith, 40, from Maldon, says becoming a dispatcher with Essex Police was "down to luck" after serious surgery on his ...

Researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute's International Center for Spinal Cord Injury (ICSCI) have made a remarkable ...

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 ...

It’s a common procedure, but it is considered a major surgery because of the proximity ... blood clotting, and spinal cord or nerve injury. A meta-analysis published in 2022 pored over the ...

Surgical options for degenerative disk disease include: Decompression surgery, such as a laminectomy or diskectomy, relieves ...

This is typically the case with large malformations, complex malformations, asymptomatic malformations or malformations in critical areas of the spinal cord making them high risk for surgery. Figure ...

An evidence review on the diagnosis and treatment of tethered spinal cord, a rare condition affecting the nervous system, found that, while surgery could be a good option for symptomatic patients, ...

which press on the spinal cord. Chronic pain and signs of paralysis are the result. In about 111,000 cases in Germany alone, they become so severe that only surgical decompression of the spinal ...

Symptoms may develop suddenly or gradually and may include pain or stiffness in the neck or back, balance issues, or a ...