Spinal cord compression (SCC) occurs in 5% to 30% of the oncology population and affects patient function, comfort, and general quality of life. Patients with lung cancer, breast cancer ...

The APN must ask about the location, radiation, and duration of the pain, as well as specific characteristics (burning or stabbing), severity of pain, and whether the pain is present at night.

Severe spinal cord injury (SCI) dramatically impairs sensorimotor and autonomic functions, resulting in a drastic decrease in quality of life for affected individuals. Also, the economic impact of SCI ...

1 It has been suggested that a dorsal location of the bleeding, as in the present case, is more likely to cause severe spinal cord compression, but this has not been proved.2 Although spinal ...

Spinal stenosis refers to narrowing of the spinal canal or tunnel that houses the neural elements (nerves) that travel along the spinal column. The narrowing can be central stenosis (referring to the ...

Spinal stenosis is a condition characterized by the narrowing of the spinal canal, which houses the spinal cord and nerve roots. This narrowing can put pressure on the spinal cord or nerve roots, ...

Results: Patients with severe hypervascularity experienced more mean blood ... patients were diagnosed with metastatic spinal cord compression, (2) patients were treated with decompression and spine ...

Objectives Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) involves extrinsic spinal cord compression causing tissue injury and neurological dysfunction. Asymptomatic spinal cord compression (ASCC) is more ...

Spinal stenosis develops when the spaces within the spine begin to narrow, exerting pressure on the spinal cord as well ... Leg Weakness: Severe nerve compression can lead to neurological weakness ...

We propose to utilize human neural stem cells to form neuronal relays across sites of severe SCI, restoring function across the site of spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects ...

Spinal fractures can cause pain, instability and, in severe cases, paralysis ... This procedure can reduce painful compression of the spinal cord and nerves, which may result from a trauma where a ...