Red flags of low back pain

MG DePalma - Jaapa, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Low back pain is a frequent complaint of patients seeking care at private offices, ambulatory
clinics, and EDs. Key signs and symptoms can guide clinicians in differentiating acute and …

Degenerative cervical myelopathy: recognition and management

SF Kane, KV Abadie, A Willson - American Family Physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Degenerative cervical myelopathy encompasses a collection of pathologic conditions that
result in progressive spinal cord dysfunction secondary to cord compression. Patients are …

[HTML][HTML] Spinal cord detection in planning CT for radiotherapy through adaptive template matching, IMSLIC and convolutional neural networks

JOB Diniz, PHB Diniz, TLA Valente, AC Silva… - Computer methods and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective The spinal cord is a very important organ that must be
protected in treatments of radiotherapy (RT), considered an organ at risk (OAR). Excess rays …

A deep learning method with residual blocks for automatic spinal cord segmentation in planning CT

JOB Diniz, JL Ferreira, PHB Diniz, AC Silva… - … signal processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy (RT) is one of the most used types of cancer treatment. One of its steps is to
build a three-dimensional model of the patient's body, usually based on computerized …

Differential diagnosis for the painful tingling arm

SM Smith, CW McMullen… - Current Sports Medicine …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The painful tingling arm is a common presenting complaint for the musculoskeletal
physician. The differential diagnosis for upper-extremity pain associated with paresthesias …

Development of a mouse model of chronic ventral spinal cord compression: Neurobehavioral, radiological, and pathological changes

Z He, T Tang, Z Zhu, F Wang, J Li, F Zhang… - JOR …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The main objective of this study was to establish a mouse model of spinal
ligament ossification to simulate the chronic spinal cord compression observed in patients …

[Retracted] Preparation of Drug Sustained‐Release Scaffold with De‐Epithelized Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells and Thiolated Chitosan Nanocarriers and Its Repair …

L Zhu, S Tian, Z Li, D Fan, H Gao… - Journal of healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The disability rate of spinal cord injury (SCI) is extremely high, and stem cell inhibition is one
of the most effective schemes in treating the spinal cord, but the survival rate is extremely …

Validity of evoked potential as biomarker for predicting early neural function changes after thoracic spinal decompression surgery in patients with neurological deficits

S Wang, X Lin, L Guo, L He, Y Liu, Y Zhao… - European Spine …, 2024 - Springer
Objective To evaluate the validity of intraoperative evoked potential (EP) including motor
evoked potential (MEP) and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) as a biomarker for …

[PDF][PDF] Updates in current concepts in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review

K Thompson, H Travers, A Ngan, T Reed… - Journal of Spine …, 2024 - cdn.amegroups.cn
Background: The incidence of degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) has increased over
the years due to an increasing aging population, yet there is a dearth of recent …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrous oxide/Whippits-induced thoracic spinal cord myelopathy and cognitive decline with normal serum vitamin B₁₂

BS Srichawla - Cureus, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abuse of nitrous oxide leads to irreversible neurologic deficits. Nitrous oxide is commonly
abused through the inhalation of whipped cream canisters. These whipped cream chargers …