The dermatome gap was documented with the use of the cremasteric reflex, the receptive field of which ends sharply at the gap which allows its delineation. RESULTS Thirty two of 50 patients had a ...

David Julius and Wendy Yue have discovered a natural mechanism that could help reduce scarring after a spinal cord injury.

Spinal stenosis results from narrowing spaces within the spine that put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves, causing pain, ...

[19] Eligible patients with suspected chronic lumbar radiculopathy ... the intensity of leg and low back pain on a visual analogue scale, the possible dermatome distribution of the pain, the ...

A 49-year-old consultant medical oncologist, with a medical history of complete T5 spinal cord injury (March 1992) and long-term paralysis from the chest down, presented with shingles affecting the T7 ...

After a spinal cord injury, nearby cells quickly rush to action, forming protective scar tissue around the damaged area to ...

Dermatomes are separate skin areas that are supplied by separate spinal nerves. When the rash affects three or more dermatomes, it’s called “disseminated or widespread zoster.” In these ...

Introduction Spinal anesthesia has a popular technique for caesarean ... the time to regression of two dermatomes of the sensory block, the duration of the regression of the sensory block level to T12 ...

Conventional SCS electrodes are placed posteriorly at the desired spinal level within the epidural space that corresponds with the dermatome pertaining to the patients’ neuropathic pain. To confirm ...

In a sequestered disk herniation, there is a free fragment of the nucleus pulposus in the spinal canal outside of the anulus fibrosus ... or without motor or reflex abnormality in one or more ...

Transcutaneous Electrical Spinal Stimulation Promotes Long-Term Recovery of Upper ... Sensation recovered on trunk dermatomes, and overall neurologic level of injury improved from C3 to C4. Most ...