Objective: Thrombolytic therapy has become a routine and valuable care for selected patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and rarely complicates with spinal epidural hemorrhage causing cord ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Spinal hematoma is a rare and potentially catastrophic complication of spinal or epidural anesthesia. Risk ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released a drug safety advisory with recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of spinal column bleeding after spinal intervention, including epidural ...

A 47 year-old man underwent routine lumbar laminectomy for a herniated disk. Following the surgery, he developed progressive leg weakness and then paraplegia and urinary incontinence. On examination, ...

Traumatic acute subdural hematomas frequently warrant surgical evacuation by means of a craniotomy (bone flap replaced) or decompressive craniectomy (bone flap not replaced). Craniectomy may prevent ...

Can women with low platelet counts safely undergo epidural/spinal anesthesia during labor? Available evidence suggests a low rate of complications related to abnormal blood clotting for this large ...

Neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists injected a biosynthetic "glue" to seal off a spinal fluid leak and restore a comatose patient to consciousness. An article describing the case appears in the ...

Background Radiological evaluation is very important in spinal trauma patients, specially during sport activity. Aim Aim of this study was to analyze the type of sport activity, the timing of injury, ...

Head injuries require immediate medical attention. In some cases, a person can develop internal bleeding around the brain called an epidural hematoma. If left untreated, an epidural hematoma can be ...