It takes a multidisciplinary approach to treat patients with SEA. From admission to rehabilitation, nurses play a major role in improving outcomes. They are responsible for reporting any change in ...

The spinal epidural space is the area between the spinal cord and the vertebral body ... 35% presented with thoracic epidural abscess, 30% had lumbar or lumbosacral abscesses, and 19% had cervical ...

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Common causes of SCI include trauma (car and bike accidents, falls, sports injuries); violence (gunshot wounds, assault); infections (meningitis, abscesses); diseases (spinal cord tumors ...

The risks and benefits of regional anesthesia should be assessed individually. Fortunately, severe complications, including spinal cord damage, vertebral cord hematoma, and epidural abscess (infection ...

The brain and spinal cord are your body’s central nervous system. The brain is the command center for your body, and the spinal cord is the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body and from ...

Researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from ...

Doctors use the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury when determining the classification of injuries. If there is ...

A paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, thanks to an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers. It is the first time someone who has had a complete cut to ...