Effects caused by the spinal administration of ketamine S (+) 5% with no preservatives, using a single puncture, and located on the spinal cord and meninges in rabbits [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2014 PURPOSE:To evaluate the effect of ketamine S (+) 5% with no preservatives and administered as a subarachnoid single puncture on the spinal cord and meninges of rabbits.METHODS:Twenty young adult female rabbits, each weighing 3500-5000 g and having a ...
José Admirço Lima Filho +7 more
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Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, 2021 PURPOSEWe aimed to retrospectively correlate 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) metabolic activity with lumbar spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings and epidural steroid injection sites in patients with symptomatic degenerative disease of the ...
Michelle Lam +2 more
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Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia, 2017 Study design: A cross-sectional study. Objective: We compared the 12 month outcomes of fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural steroid injections with interlaminar epidural steroid injections for the treatment of chronic lumbar spinal pain ...
Serbülent Gökhan Beyaz
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Hemianopia: A complication of epidural injection in a patient with arachnoid cyst – case report
SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2023 Epidural injections are routinely used for short-term management of radicular pain and chronic low back pain. Prescription of this intervention, in the presence of intracranial abnormalities, is a topic of debate.
Venkata S Rendu, Behzad Eftekhar
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Mycobacterium xenopi native vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis: Case & review of published cases
IDCases, 2023 Mycobacterium xenopi is a rare cause of spinal osteomyelitis and discitis. Here we report the case of a 68-year-old woman with history of splenectomy for Felty’s syndrome who developed M.
Daria Bekina-Sreenivasan +2 more
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The organisation of spinoparabrachial neurons in the mouse [PDF]
, 2015 The anterolateral tract (ALT), which originates from neurons in lamina I and the deep dorsal horn, represents a major ascending output through which nociceptive information is transmitted to brain areas involved in pain perception.
Cameron, Darren +5 more
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Nusinersen Administration in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Patients with Severe Scoliosis: Interlaminar Approaches at the Lumbar Level [PDF]
Annals of Child Neurology, 2020 Purpose Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic progressive neuromuscular disorder, and nusinersen has shown to improve its symptoms. Scoliosis is a frequent symptom in patients with SMA and complicates the intrathecal injection of nusinersen. The aim
Joo Young Song +4 more
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Preganglionic innervation of the pancreas islet cells in the rat [PDF]
, 1984 The position and number of preganglionic somata innervating the insulin-secreting β-cells of the endocrine pancreas were investigated in Wistar rats.
Horst, G.J. ter, +4 more
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Global Connectivity and Function of Descending Spinal Input Revealed by 3D Microscopy and Retrograde Transduction [PDF]
, 2018 The brain communicates with the spinal cord through numerous axon tracts that arise from discrete nuclei, transmit distinct functions, and often collateralize to facilitate the coordination of descending commands.
Blackmore, Murray G. +4 more
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2012 Background Lumbar spinal stenosis is one of the most common causes of low back pain among older adults and can cause significant disability. Despite its prevalence, treatment of spinal stenosis symptoms remains controversial.
Friedly Janna L +11 more
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