A low-pressure headache, or spontaneous intracranial hypotension, is a secondary headache caused by a leak of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the brain and spinal cord. This leak occurs when a tear ...

Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research suggests. Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny ...

Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

A life-changing therapy being used at a small rehabilitation clinic in suburban Chicago is giving new hope to people with spinal cord injuries. Next Steps Chicago in Willow Springs is a non-profit ...

This time, the surgeons faced a greater challenge. A second, smaller chordoma was strangling Flores’s spinal cord near the base of the skull. After much discussion, the medical team had decided ...

When a person sustains an injury to the spinal cord, the normal communication between the brain and the spinal circuits below the injury is interrupted, resulting in paralysis. Because the brain ...

Background: Beside symptoms and clinical signs radiological findings are crucial in the diagnosis of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). We investigate which quantitative radiological signs are ...

Telephone 61 2 9926 6387; fax 61 2 9926 6548; email phils{at}med.usyd.edu.au OBJECTIVES Non-painful sensory phenomena or “phantom” sensations are common after spinal cord injury. However, the ...

Actor Nick Moran, who played Scabior the snatcher in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movies, has undergone a major spinal cord surgery, revealed People magazine. His representative, confirmed ...

The degree of insertion and blockage is appropriate to significantly reduce cerebrospinal fluid leakage and to avoid further tearing of the sellae septum or dura mater due to excessive traction. This ...