Blood from the artery was entering the vein at higher pressure than the vein normally would carry, causing high blood pressure and pressing on the spinal cord.

A team of researchers at Rowan University has developed an injectable biomaterial that could significantly improve recovery ...

Chiropractic treatments may cause minor, temporary side effects, such as discomfort, stiffness, or a headache. In rare cases, people also report severe events, including spinal cord injury, artery ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Vascular neurosurgeons can block (embolize) the middle meningeal artery, one of the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain, to treat headaches. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-venous fistulas—CSF-venous ...

Spinal cord injuries are currently incurable with devastating effects on people's lives, but now a trial at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland offers hope for an effective treatment. Spinal ...

THE syndrome of acute anterior-spinal-artery thrombosis has been well described.1 , 2 Although earlier reports1 considered pain a major symptom of this syndrome, more recent publications2 have not ...

A college student who took Ecstasy was fortunate to survive a ruptured aneurysm in an artery near his spinal cord, but his case is a reminder of the dangers of using this street drug. Florida ...

A pilot test provides promising evidence that spinal cord stimulation could be "an assistive as well as a restorative approach" for upper-limb recovery after stroke, investigators report.

In a first-of-its-kind surgery, a team led by a University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) neurosurgeon has successfully removed a rare cancerous tumor wrapped around the spine and spinal cord ...