Browse the latest research summaries in the field of spinal disorders for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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Neurosurgery, 2020 • December 3, 2019
These results demonstrate that patients’subjective reporting of functional status, especially in the mild DCM category, may underrepresent the extent of functional impairment. The GRASSP-M is an objec...
KEY FINDING: Strength, sensation, and manual dexterity significantly declined with increasing DCM severity (P ≤.05).
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2020 • February 24, 2020
This case report describes a woman with a T7 paraplegia who was found to have a large syrinx extending into her brainstem, despite having minimal new neurological symptoms. The patient's syrinx was di...
KEY FINDING: A large syrinx and syringobulbia can be present without causing significant neurological deficits, as demonstrated in the presented case.
Medicine, 2020 • March 1, 2020
The case report presents a rare instance of traumatic spondyloptosis in the mid-lumbar region without neurological deficit, emphasizing the importance of considering stability and preventing secondary...
KEY FINDING: The study reports a rare case of L3 to L4 traumatic spondyloptosis with intact neurology, which is the first reported case of its kind involving complete posterior column and neural sparing in the mid-lumbar region.
Medicine, 2020 • May 8, 2020
This case report describes a 59-year-old male who presented with sudden back pain and paraplegia due to a spontaneous spinal subdural hematoma (SSDH). The patient was treated conservatively with bed r...
KEY FINDING: Chronological MRI scans depicted a spontaneous decrease in the hematoma only two days after the presentation of paraplegia.
J Korean Neurosurg Soc, 2021 • March 1, 2021
Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) is crucial during untethering surgery for spinal dysraphism to minimize neurological risks and maximize surgical efficacy. Key IONM modalities inclu...
KEY FINDING: Free-running EMG and triggered EMG are highly useful for identifying lumbosacral roots during surgery.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2020 • August 25, 2020
This case report describes a 51-year-old man who developed delayed symptomatic spinal adhesive arachnoiditis with cauda equina syndrome three months after undergoing surgery for a traumatic thoracolum...
KEY FINDING: Delayed symptomatic spinal adhesive arachnoiditis can occur after surgery for thoracolumbar flexion-distraction injuries.
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2020 • October 25, 2020
This case report describes a rare instance of cauda equina syndrome following a caudal epidural sacral injection in a 63-year-old male with severe lumbar spinal stenosis. The patient presented with mo...
KEY FINDING: Caudal epidural sacral injection in a patient with severe lumbar spinal stenosis resulted in cauda equina syndrome immediately after the procedure.
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2021 • May 8, 2021
This study retrospectively compared one-stage posterior LFF and LF for cervical OPLL patients with radicular pain, finding LFF more effective in relieving arm pain. While LFF resulted in longer operat...
KEY FINDING: The VAS score for arm pain was significantly lower in the LFF group compared with the LF group, indicating better pain relief.
Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2022 • September 30, 2022
This case report describes a rare instance of spinal cord compression caused by a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) electrode array in a 58-year-old woman with a history of back pain and multiple spine sur...
KEY FINDING: The case report highlights a very rare complication of SCS, spinal cord compression due to the electrode array.
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 2022 • October 14, 2022
This case report highlights the importance of red flags screening in a direct access environment and describes the clinical reasoning that led a physical therapist (PT) to refer a patient with low bac...
KEY FINDING: Red flags screening is crucial, especially in direct access settings, for identifying underlying extra-professional pathologies in patients presenting with low back pain.