STUDY DESIGN  Case report. OBJECTIVE  To describe a case of spinal cord transection in a 6-year-old child. BACKGROUND INFORMATION  Non-missile injury of the spinal cord is not common and its incidence varies according to the country. In addition, to our knowledge, there are no published reports of spinal cord injury (SCI) from a penetrating nail. Here, we report the case of a child who deve...

E very year in the United States spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur in approximately 12000 individuals, resulting in chronic, debilitating functional deficits in most of these patients. Owing to the extremely high costs associated with hospitalization, subsequent rehabilitation, and outpatient care, it is becoming evident that effective treatments for SCI could drastically reduce health care cos...

Anaesthesiologists are often involved in the management of patients with cervical spine disorders. Airway management is often implicated in the deterioration of spinal cord function. Most evidence on neurological deterioration resulting from intubation is from case reports which suggest only association, but not causation. Most anaesthesiologists and surgeons probably believe that the risk of s...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides integrated services to more than 25,000 veterans with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D). VA data offer great potential for providing insights into healthcare utilization and morbidity, and these capabilities are central to efforts to improve healthcare for veterans with SCI/D. The objective of this article is to introduce researchers to ...

results the mean qol in these patients was 37.1 ± 1.7 years (21 - 65 years) and mean disease duration was 7.3±6 years. the most common injury was paraplegia. most of the patients have moderate qol (54.7 %). the results showed a significant relationship between qol and marital status and employment status (p < 0.05). also, results showed a significant relationship between qol and education level...

Traumatic spinal cord injuries (SCI) are a group of highly debilitating pathologies affecting thousands annually, and adversely quality life. Currently, no fully restorative therapies exist, SCI still results in significant personal, societal financial burdens. Inflammation plays major role the evolution SCI, with myeloid cells, including bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs) microglia (MG) b...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of the most complicated nervous system injuries with challenging treatment and recovery. Regenerative biomaterials such as chitosan are being reported for their wide use in filling cavities, deliver curative drugs, also provide adsorption sites transplanted stem cells. Biomaterial scaffolds utilizing have shown certain therapeutic effects on spinal repair some li...

Astrocytes are one of the first responders to central nervous system (CNS) injuries such as spinal cord injury (SCI). They thought repress injury-induced CNS inflammation well inhibit axonal regeneration. While reactive astrocytes migrate and accumulate around lesion core, mechanism astrocyte migration towards site remains unclear. Here, we examined possible involvement acidification expression...

The pathophysiology of acute spinal cord injury (SCI) involves primary and secondary mechanisms of injury. Secondary injury mechanisms include inflammation, oxidative stress. The secondary inflammation of spinal cord tissue after SCI was critical for the survival of motor neuron and functional recovery. Flaxseed is a rich source of lignan phytoestrogen, &alpha;-linolenic acid. Flaxseed has rema...