To present a rare case of a dysembryogenic spinal tumor with concurrent split cord malformation and to define the importance of early surgical removal of the tumor. A 44-year old woman, presented with ...

For technical reasons, the English full text will be published approximately two weeks after the German print edition has been published. Universitätsklinik für Neurochirurgie, Otto-von-Guericke ...

Although there is legitimate research being done on stem cell therapies, a large industry targets patients in developed countries with unproven treatments, using Internet-based marketing. Mass lesion ...

Researchers have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be used to ferry chemotherapy drugs into the spinal cord to treat hard-to-reach spinal tumors in an animal model. The unique delivery ...

Heterogeneity in the geographic distribution of diffuse grade II and III gliomas in France. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2013 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not include a full ...

A 22-year-old man with no significant medical history presented with 8 months of lower back pain and paresthesia, as well as weakness involving the bilateral lower extremities. Upon further ...

Spinal tumors can begin in and around the spine or spread from another location. There are many types of spinal tumors, which can be cancerous or noncancerous. Spinal tumors develop when cells in or ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Surgery of Longest intramedullary spinal tumour was done at AIIMS Bhopal in the department of neurosurgery. A 22 years female, a resident of Rajgarh district, underwent 15 ...

Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced Fitbone ™ TAA intramedullary limb-lengthening system has passed 5,000 devices implanted to date ...