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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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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, Hyun Su Kim, Se-Jun Park, Jiwon Lee, Jeehun Lee   +4 more
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Study Protocol- Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections for Spinal Stenosis (LESS): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of epidural steroid injections for lumbar spinal stenosis among older adults

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, Bresnahan Brian W, Comstock Bryan, Turner Judith A, Deyo Richard A, Sullivan Sean D, Heagerty Patrick, Bauer Zoya, Nedeljkovic Srdjan S, Avins Andrew L, Nerenz David, Jarvik Jeffrey G   +11 more
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Distribution of glycine/GABA neurons in the ventromedial medulla with descending spinal projections and evidence for an ascending glycine/GABA projection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The ventromedial medulla (VM), subdivided in a rostral (RVM) and a caudal (CVM) part, has a powerful influence on the spinal cord. In this study, we have identified the distribution of glycine and GABA containing neurons in the VM with projections to the
Mehdi Hossaini, Jacqueline A C Goos, Somesh K Kohli, Jan C Holstege   +3 more
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Managing intrathecal administration of nusinersen in adolescents and adults with 5q-spinal muscular atrophy and previous spinal surgery [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Background: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease of lower motor neurons associated with frequent occurrence of spinal deformity.
Rodrigo de Holanda Mendonça, Hermann dos Santos Fernandes, Rafael Barbéro Schimmelpfeng Pinto, Ciro Matsui Júnior, Graziela Jorge Polido, André Macedo Serafim da Silva, Luis Fernando Grossklauss, Umbertina Conti Reed, Edmar Zanoteli   +8 more
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Stem Cell Clinical Trials in Spinal Cord Injury: A Brief Review of Studies in the United States

Medicines, 2020
Background: Although many therapeutic approaches have been attempted to treat spinal cord injury, cellular transplantation offers the greatest promise in reconstituting the architecture of the damaged cord.
Andrew Platt, Brian T. David, Richard G. Fessler   +2 more
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Two Cases of Iatrogenic Lumbar Foraminal Disc Herniations

Case Reports in Orthopedics, 2021
Study Design. A case report. Objective. We report two cases of iatrogenic deterioration of lumbar foraminal disc herniations following lumbar disc injections. Summary of Background Data. Complications associated with discography were reported.
Ryota Taniguchi, Osamu Kawano, Takeshi Maeda, Yasuharu Nakajima, Yuichiro Morishita   +4 more
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Facet joint injections for management of low back pain: a clinically focused review [PDF]

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 2020
Lumbar facet joints have been implicated in chronic low back pain in up to 45% of patients with low back pain (LBP). Facet joint pain diagnosis and management are always challenging for pain physicians.
Hyung-Sun Won, Miyoung Yang, Yeon-Dong Kim   +2 more
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Spinal epidural lipomatosis presenting to a U.S. Veterans Affairs pain and rehabilitation department: a report of two cases

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2018
Background Spinal epidural lipomatosis is an uncommon source of neurogenic claudication. We present two cases of spinal epidural lipomatosis as it relates to diagnosis, management, and a possible association with common medical intervention.
Keith M. Silcox, Clinton J. Daniels, Glenn A. Bub, Pamela J. Wakefield, James D. Toombs   +4 more
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Real-Time MR-Guided Lumbosacral Periradicular Injection Therapy Using a 0.55 T MRI System: A Phantom Study

Diagnostics
Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided periradicular nerve root injection therapy (PRT) using a 0.55 T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system with fast dynamic imaging in a ...
Saher Saeed, Jan Boriesosdick, Arwed Michael, Nina Pauline Haag, Julian Schreck, Denise Schoenbeck, Matthias Michael Woeltjen, Julius Henning Niehoff, Christoph Moenninghoff, Jan Borggrefe, Jan Robert Kroeger   +10 more
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