Posts Tagged ‘spinal surgery’
Surgery less than 24 hours after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury leads to improved outcomes
Posted on March 7th, 2012
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have shown that patients who receive surgery less than 24 hours after a traumatic cervical spine injury suffer less neural tissue destruction and improved clinical outcomes. The results of their study, the Surgical Timing in Acute Spinal Cord Injury Study (STASCIS) are available in PLoS One.
Spinal Injury Researchers Urge Quick Surgery
Posted on February 27th, 2012
‘Timing for a spinal cord injury matters,’ Toronto head of North American study says
Timing appears to be everything when it comes to surgery to help people who have suffered an upper spinal cord injury that can lead to quadriplegia, researchers say.
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Advances Offer Hope for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Posted on May 5th, 2008
Cell transplantation, physical therapy show promise in restoring function
There is no cure for a spinal cord injury, but much headway has been made in clinical research that could lead to one. Other therapies have helped to restore some function in spinal cord injured patients. A look at some efforts…
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Decompression Aids Spinal Injury Recovery
Posted on April 30th, 2008
Done within 24 hours, the procedure improved neurological outcomes a year later.
Surgical decompression of the spinal cord involves the removal of various tissue or bone fragments that are being squeezed and comprising the spinal cord. While commonly done after an injury occurs, the timing of the procedure varies widely.
The study looked at 170 patients with cervical spinal cord injuries, graded as A (most several neurological involvement) to D (least severe), who underwent decompression surgery.
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Could a Spinal “Bypass” Reverse Paralysis?
Posted on February 7th, 2008
A breakthrough in spinal surgery yesterday offered hope to victims of paralysis.
The technique, which has been tested on rats, involves bypassing damaged tissue in the spine.
This allows signals to travel across injured areas, New Scientist reports.
Dr John Martin and his colleagues at Columbia University in New York have so far tested the procedure only on rodents. They selected a motor nerve branching from the healthy cord above the injury and cut it away from the abdominal muscle to which it is normally attached.
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