Objective: The study aimed to report the incidence of CSF leakage in patients with a tethered spinal cord, post-operatively. Materials and Methods: A total 75 individuals aged more than 2 years either gender who were hospitalized for surgery cord syndrome included. All had preoperative MRI spine, those above age 6 urodynamic tests. Clinical evaluations performed until hospital release, then aga...

Introduction: Perioperative hypothermia is a common phenomenon with a wide differential diagnosis. We present a unique case of hypothermia following cesarean section under spinal anesthesia. Case report: A 32 years old female, first IVF pregnancy with twins, underwent cesarean section under spinal administration of bupivacaine and morphine. About four hours after operation’s end, body temperatu...

In this, the first of three consecutive papers, the complex cell covering of Ceratium tripos is examined at different stages of development. During eytokinesis, the cleavage furrow is surrounded by a system of membranes which, together with the theeal plates, will comprise the future cell covering. The outermost membrane completely surrounds the cell and lies over a single layer of large flatte...

We present a rare case of delayed onset of epidural hematoma after lumbar surgery whose only presenting symptom was vesicorectal disturbance. A 68-year-old man with degenerative spinal stenosis underwent lumbar decompression and instrumented posterolateral spine fusion. The day after his discharge following an unremarkable postoperative course, he presented to the emergency room complaining of ...

Caudal epidural steroid injection is a very common intervention in treatment of low back pain and sciatica symptoms. Although extensively used, it is not devoid of complications. A few reports of chemical and infective arachnoiditis exist following lumbar epidural anaesthesia, but none following a caudal epidural steroid injection.We report a case of arachnoiditis following caudal epidural ster...

Computed tomographic (CT) measurements of the thoracic spine and its contents were obtained in 33 patients undergoing metrizamide myelography for various spinal disorders. Twenty-eight of these patients had symptoms referable to the cervical or lumbar region and form the basis of this study. Five patients had symptoms referable to the thoracic spine. Sagittal and coronal CT measurements of the ...

The objective of the present study was to characterize changes in growth, concentrations of steroids in follicular fluid (FF) and gonadot ropin receptors of individual antral follicles after spontaneous luteolysis in heifers and to reexamine our hormonal method of classifying healthy and atretic follicles. Groups of heifers were ovariectomized (OVX) before regression of corpora lutea on d 17, 1...

Since 1999, infections with an incompletely characterized alveolate protozoan variously reported as a Dermocystidium-like organism, a Perkinsus-like agent, and Dermomycoides sp. have been associated with mortality events in tadpoles of ranid frogs from the USA. However, disease or mortality events due to this organism have not been described in post-metamorphic animals. We describe infection wi...