Spinal bone growth can occur due to age or wrong lifestyle, but it can be controlled by timely attention, expert advice, and regular exercise. By taking care of the spine, we can not only avoid pain ...

Rats exhibit significant recovery of locomotor function following incomplete spinal cord injuries, albeit with altered gait expression and reduced speed and stepping frequency. These changes likely ...

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

Maryland surgeons perform groundbreaking transorbital surgery to remove spinal tumors through a patient's eye socket, saving a young woman with rare chordoma cancer.

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 ...

Spinal angiography uses dye and X-rays to help doctors see the veins and arteries around the spinal cord. The dye is given through a catheter inserted into an artery in the groin. This procedure can ...

Even though digital subtraction angiography remains the gold standard for spinal vascular imaging, MR angiography (MRA) has gained widespread acceptance in the detection of large vascular structures, ...

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.

Epidural spinal cord stimulation may help patients with poststroke hemiparesis regain function and even retain some motor function improvements.

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.

Case series.To assess the safety and efficacy of prostatic artery embolization (PAE) to reduce prostate volume (PV) and facilitate intermittent catheterization (IC) in individuals with concurrent ...