Browse the latest research summaries in the field of research methodology & design for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2025 • January 23, 2025
This case report presents a rare instance of urogenital myiasis in a 40-year-old male with a spinal cord injury and long-term indwelling urinary catheter, a combination not frequently reported in exis...
KEY FINDING: A 40-year-old male with a spinal cord injury developed urogenital myiasis due to long-term catheter use, presenting with maggots at the urethral meatus.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2025 • January 29, 2025
This case report describes a rare instance of an intradural extramedullary epidermoid cyst at the cauda equina level in a 2-year-old female, presenting with a skin fold on the back since birth. The cy...
KEY FINDING: The patient presented with a rare intradural extramedullary epidermoid cyst at the L3-L4 level of the cauda equina, identified via lumbosacral MRI.
Frontiers in Neurology, 2025 • February 7, 2025
This study employs bibliometric analysis to explore trends and emerging hotspots in research on the relationship between glial cells and neuropathic pain. Based on literature data from the Web of Scie...
KEY FINDING: China and the United States are the leading countries in research on glial cells and neuropathic pain, with the University of California system being the top institution.
JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION MEDICINE, 2025 • April 1, 2025
This case underscores the complex nature of injuries from lightning strikes, particularly their neurological consequences, highlighting both SCI and peripheral nerve disorder. Our findings support dir...
KEY FINDING: Spinal cord imaging showed hyperintensities with a quadrifocal white matter involvement.
TISSUE ENGINEERING: Part B, 2022 • March 14, 2022
This systematic review aimed to identify and evaluate animal models used to simulate spinal cord injury (SCI) for investigating biomaterial-mediated repair, following a predefined protocol. The study ...
KEY FINDING: The review identified well-documented mid-thoracic rat models with high SCI confirmation rates and survival, making them suitable for biomaterial-based therapy studies.
Spinal Cord, 2022 • May 20, 2022
This qualitative study explored the COVID-19-related challenges faced by individuals living with SCI in Nepal. The impacts of COVID-19 on people with SCI are enormous, especially on those who contract...
KEY FINDING: COVID-19 has impacted physical health, leading to difficulties due to COVID-19 symptoms and deterioration in secondary conditions related to SCI.
Acta Neurochirurgica, 2022 • June 27, 2022
The authors describe the first ever-reported occurrence of a post-operative tension pneumosyrinx occurring after a resection of an intradural intramedullary spinal tumour in a 40-year-old patient. Pos...
KEY FINDING: This is the first reported case of post-operative tension pneumosyrinx following resection of an intradural intramedullary spinal tumor.
Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2022 • August 3, 2022
This systematic review and network meta-analysis investigated the optimal transplantation strategy for umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSCs) in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI). The ...
KEY FINDING: High-dose (≥ 1 × 106) transplantation of UCMSCs showed a significantly better therapeutic effect compared to low-dose (< 1 × 106) transplantation.
BMC Medicine, 2022 • September 1, 2022
This meta-analysis of 62 clinical trials evaluated the benefits and risks of stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury (SCI), finding that stem cells can lead to improvements in motor function and urin...
KEY FINDING: Stem cell therapy improved the ASIA impairment scale score by at least one grade in 48.9% of patients with spinal cord injury, indicating a slight improvement in sensory and motor function.
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.