Browse the latest research summaries in the field of medical imaging for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Medicine, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This retrospective study compared MRI features of SCI and CCM patients with intramedullary high-intensity lesions. The study measured lesion length, assessed snake-eye appearance, and calculated contr...
KEY FINDING: The longitudinal length of T2 high-intensity lesions was significantly longer in SCI patients than in CCM patients.
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This paper presents a case of hemothorax in a 13-year-old girl caused by a costal exostosis injuring her diaphragm. The authors reviewed similar cases in the literature and found that injury to the di...
KEY FINDING: Injury to the diaphragm is the primary cause of hemothorax caused by costal osteochondroma.
EMBO Mol Med, 2022 • September 5, 2022
This study introduces a new MALDI-MSI workflow for in situ imaging of glycogen, providing spatial quantification of glycogen levels and architecture in tissues. The method reveals heterogeneous glycog...
KEY FINDING: Glycogen distribution is heterogeneous among different tissues and within different regions of the same tissue in both mice and humans.
Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging, 2022 • August 29, 2022
This research aimed to evaluate the effects of comprehensive nursing under the Omaha system on patients with traumatic paraplegia (TP) and to observe the changes in their magnetic resonance imaging (M...
KEY FINDING: Patients receiving comprehensive nursing under the Omaha system showed significantly higher scores in quality of life, role change, mental health, care, oral hygiene, skin integrity, neuromusculoskeletal (NMS) system function, defecation and urination function, and contagion/infection control compared to those receiving routine nursing.
Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma, 2022 • August 31, 2022
DTI is a non-invasive MRI technique that assesses spinal cord microstructure by tracking water molecule movement, revealing damage through changes in anisotropy and diffusivity. DTI parameters like FA...
KEY FINDING: Reduced FA is consistently observed at injury sites due to disruption of anisotropy, indicating damage to the white matter tracts.
Surgical Neurology International, 2022 • August 26, 2022
This case report describes a 77-year-old woman with a spinal epidural arteriovenous fistula (SEAVF) who presented with progressive motor weakness, numbness, and urinary and fecal incontinence. The pat...
KEY FINDING: A patient with SEAVF experienced improved sphincter function 1.5 years after endovascular embolization.
Medicina, 2022 • September 19, 2022
The study aimed to differentiate NRROPs from RA based on imaging characteristics, as treatment strategies differ for each condition. The study found that NRROPs are characterized by significant retro-...
KEY FINDING: NRROPs showed more prominent retro-odontoid soft tissue thickening compared to RA.
Biomedicines, 2022 • September 21, 2022
This study used a rat model of spinal cord injury (SCI) induced by cryoinjury to evaluate histological, bioimaging, and cytokine data. The goal was to find noninvasive methods for evaluating the thera...
KEY FINDING: Plasma levels of IL-1α, IL-1β, TNFα, GRO/KC, G-CSF, IFNγ and IL-13 may be considered as a reliable prognostic index for SCI.
PLoS ONE, 2024 • July 10, 2024
This study retrospectively reviewed 43 patients who underwent spinal cord surgery utilizing IOUS to evaluate its benefits. The study found that IOUS was helpful in confirming tumor extent and location...
KEY FINDING: IOUS confirmed tumor extent and location before dura opening in 97.7% of patients, aiding in surgical planning and minimizing neural injury.
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2024 • June 14, 2024
This study systematically explores intraoperative ultrasound (IOUS) characteristics in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) undergoing French-door laminoplasty (FDL). Key findings incl...
KEY FINDING: The cross-sectional area of the spinal cord (SC) was negatively correlated with age in adults, indicating that the SC tends to be thinner in older individuals.