For the last five and a half years, Emily Farmer has unknowingly lived with her skull not fully attached to her body. Now she ...

Michael Markmiller was in excruciating pain for years. The 53-year-old couldn’t walk more than 100 meters without his legs ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the test of ... also called a spinal tap, is sometimes used in the process of diagnosing MS. This procedure will remove a sample of your cerebrospinal fluid ...

We have applied MED techniques to posterior decompression procedures for treating lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). In the present study, we examined the surgical complications in 114 consecutive ...

This article explains how a spinal tap is used to diagnose MS and what the procedure is like. A lumbar puncture involves testing your spinal fluid for signs of MS. To do so, your doctor will ...

The lumbar spine includes the five vertebrae in your lower back numbered L1 to L5. These bones help provide mobility and stability to your back and spinal column and are an attachment point for many ...

The 54-year-old actor suffered multiple stab wounds in the brutal attack, one being close to the spine. The actor underwent emergency surgery at Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital soon after the assault ...

If nerves are compressed by collapsing spinal bones, there can also be arm or leg weakness, lack of muscle coordination, or the loss of bladder or bowel control. Talk with your healthcare provider ...

A doctor explained to reporters that a necessary procedure was performed to take out the knife lodged into the actor’s body, at the same time, addressed a “spinal fluid leak" caused by the injury. The ...

A study published in Pain Reports adds a new piece to the puzzle, showing spinal disinhibition — disruption of the spinal cord’s inhibitory systems that modulate pain signals — in people ...

We've also shown that around 1 in 7 of these patients with problematic tumours can avoid the surgical procedure used to diagnose bladder cancer. As an MRI is considerably cheaper than this surgery ...

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