Spinal anesthesia to the level of the 5th thoracic dermatome was obtained with Pontocaine and glucose. Postoperatively, the patient complained of backache. Before she left the hospital a note was ...

spinal cord injury, cerebrovascular disease or prior pelvic surgery). The options for managing urge incontinence are summarized in Table 6. Lifestyle interventions such as a reduction in caffeine ...

As with HSV, VZV embeds itself on spinal nerve roots after the initial infection ... in that it affects a specific area of skin serviced by a nerve root, known as a dermatome. The outbreak occurs on ...

Knowing a patient's symptoms helps radiologists in lumbar spine MRI interpretation and diagnosis, according to a study ...

Here's what a herniated disc is, what causes it and what sort of treatment options are available and recommended if you experience one.

Radiologists were able to reach "nearly perfect" diagnoses for lumbar spine MRIs if they get patent-reported symptom information, according to an Oct. 29 study in Radiology. Four things to know: 1.

As people age, their spinal discs and facet joints wear out, leading to conditions like herniated discs, spinal misalignment, and osteoporosis. These issues can cause serious pain, nerve ...

Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty; Pete Cronin/Redferns/Getty Though now considered a cult classic, it turns out that This Is Spinal Tap was not an easy movie to make. The 1984 favorite, which stars ...

L&K Biomed earned FDA approval for its BluEX lumbar expandable cage system. The system comes with six distinct cages for anterior, posterior, lateral, ATP and endoscopic approaches, according to an ...

Anthony Magliari has come a long way in his 15 years of rehabilitation. He suffered a spinal cord injury during a motorcycle ...