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  • Spinal cord stroke is a rare type of stroke with compromised blood flow to any region of spinal cord owing to occlusion or bleeding, leading to irreversible...
    28 KB (3,033 words) - 00:49, 9 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Anterior spinal artery syndrome
    Anterior spinal artery syndrome (also known as "anterior spinal cord syndrome") is syndrome caused by ischemia of the area supplied by the anterior spinal artery...
    7 KB (738 words) - 05:00, 21 July 2024
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    Tetraplegia (redirect from Spinal paralysis)
    or loss of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical area of the spinal cord. A loss of motor function can present as either weakness or paralysis...
    30 KB (3,198 words) - 17:35, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spinal cord injury
    A spinal cord injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that causes temporary or permanent changes in its function. It is a destructive neurological and...
    111 KB (12,124 words) - 11:35, 30 July 2024
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    A spinal cord stimulator (SCS) or dorsal column stimulator (DCS) is a type of implantable neuromodulation device (sometimes called a "pain pacemaker")...
    23 KB (2,603 words) - 05:32, 3 December 2023
  • Vascular myelopathy (vascular disease of the spinal cord) refers to an abnormality of the spinal cord in regard to its blood supply. The blood supply is...
    9 KB (937 words) - 00:01, 29 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Aortic aneurysm
    Cardiovascular Critical Care (January 2022). "Prevention and management of spinal cord ischemia following aortic surgery: A survey of contemporary practice". The...
    29 KB (3,431 words) - 21:41, 13 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Artery of Adamkiewicz
    lumbar and sacral cord." When damaged or obstructed, it can result in a syndrome of spinal cord ischemia, similar to anterior spinal artery syndrome, with...
    11 KB (1,081 words) - 13:17, 7 June 2024
  • Neuro-oncology is the study of brain and spinal cord neoplasms, many of which are (at least eventually) very dangerous and life-threatening (astrocytoma...
    14 KB (1,687 words) - 19:23, 17 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Leptomeningeal cancer
    from the original tumor site to the meninges surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This leads to an inflammatory response, hence the alternative names...
    29 KB (3,513 words) - 03:41, 19 October 2023
  • Thumbnail for Endovascular aneurysm repair
    (2022). "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the occurrence of spinal cord ischemia after endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms"....
    47 KB (6,002 words) - 13:30, 8 April 2024
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    renal failure, spinal cord ischemia leading to paralysis, buttock claudication, ischemic colitis, embolization leading to acute limb ischemia, infection,...
    24 KB (2,957 words) - 06:24, 27 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Cerebrospinal fluid
    colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates. CSF is produced by specialised ependymal cells in...
    43 KB (4,861 words) - 16:02, 1 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Alpha motor neuron
    motoneurons), are large, multipolar lower motor neurons of the brainstem and spinal cord. They innervate extrafusal muscle fibers of skeletal muscle and are directly...
    16 KB (1,985 words) - 13:59, 26 June 2024
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    Brown-Séquard syndrome (category Spinal cord disorders)
    hemiparaplegia spinalis, or spinal hemiparaplegia) is caused by damage to one half of the spinal cord, i.e. hemisection of the spinal cord resulting in paralysis...
    13 KB (1,691 words) - 19:22, 2 July 2024
  • heart. In the past, paraplegia caused by spinal cord ischemia due to erroneous embolization of the anterior spinal artery was well known as a rare, but serious...
    37 KB (4,612 words) - 01:53, 17 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lumbar puncture
    extremely rare. They include spinal or epidural bleeding, adhesive arachnoiditis and trauma to the spinal cord or spinal nerve roots resulting in weakness...
    47 KB (5,382 words) - 15:22, 2 July 2024
  • Trinka, E., Sellner, J. Current and emerging treatment options for spinal cord ischemia. Drugs Discovery Today, 2016;21(10):1632-1641. Nardone, R. , Höller...
    13 KB (1,280 words) - 09:47, 22 March 2024
  • Spinal cord injury research seeks new ways to cure or treat spinal cord injury in order to lessen the debilitating effects of the injury in the short...
    42 KB (4,642 words) - 15:14, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Neurogenic claudication
    symptom of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and describes intermittent leg pain from impingement of the nerves emanating from the spinal cord. Neurogenic means...
    59 KB (6,656 words) - 18:53, 1 August 2024
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