Diastematomyelia. a Critical Survey of 24 Cases Submitted to Laminectomy.

Lumbosacral lipomas: critical survey of 26 cases submitted to laminectomy.

Diastematomyelia Presenting With no Pain in a 53-Year-Old Man: A Case Report

Initial presentation of diastematomyelia is rarely seen in adults. The purpose of this case report is to present a case of clinically silent diastematomyelia unrecognized into adulthood and review of the literature. A 53-year-old Persian man was admitted to our hospital with gait disturbance, weakness of the right lower extremity, sensory loss of the left and right lower extremity of two weeks'...

Diastematomyelia in children: metrizamide and CT metrizamide myelography.

Diastematomyelia is an uncommon dysraphic lesion of the spine which has been diagnosed more frequently since the advent of newer diagnostic methods. A series of 21 cases was examined using metrizamide myelography and computed tomographic metrizamide myelography (CTMM) over a 3-year period. These examinations, in addition to plain radiographs of the spine, have demonstrated certain features of d...

Diastematomyelia: pre- and postnatal multimodal diagnostic approach.

Diastematomyelia is a relatively rare congenital abnormality presenting as a sagittal separation of the spinal cord. Although cases of diastematomyelia have been previously reported, fully documented approaches by both prenatal and postnatal diagnostic workup are rare in the literature. We present a fully studied case of diastematomyelia type I investigated by prenatal US and MRI and postnatal ...

Comparison the Recurrence Rate of Intervertebral Disc Herniation in Two Surgical Methods of Hemi laminectomy and Partial Laminectomy

Background & Aims: Between 5% and 15% of patients with low back pain suffer from lumbar disc herniation, so intervertebral disc disease is one of the most common causes of low back pain. Surgical intervention for lumbar disc herniation is recommended in patients with severe symptoms and has hopeful results. Although surgery can reduce pain and improve physical function in the short term, its lo...