Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

Lean Lobectomy: Streamlining Video-Assisted Lobectomy to Increase the Value of Lung Cancer Care The medical records of all 40 patients who received palliative radiotherapy for malignant ESCC from 2015 ...

Physical examination findings correspond to the location of the tumor, degree of cord impingement, and duration of involvement. [3] The APN should palpate the entire spine to determine whether there ...

Spinal cord compression is a debilitating condition that many patients with advanced cancer experience. Until now, patients often had to spend multiple days traveling back and forth to undergo ...

The Manipal Hospital neurosurgery team at Dhakuria successfully performed an exceptionally rare and life-saving operation on 56-year-old woman ...

Controlled clinical trial of interferon-gamma as postoperative surgical adjuvant therapy for colon cancer. Over a 5-year period (1989 to 1993), a total of 110 patients underwent surgery. Fifty-five ...

Your spinal cord runs all the way down from the base of the brain to the lower back. The spinal canal, which consists of tissues, cartilage, and bone, covers the spinal cord and is tasked with ...

A 45-year-old woman presents to her primary care physician (PCP) with the chief complaint of low back pain (LBP) that began gradually and has worsened over the past several years. Her medical history ...

What Is Central Cord Syndrome? Central cord syndrome is a type of incomplete spinal cord condition that affects the middle portion of your spinal cord. An incomplete spinal cord syndrome affects ...

Indicators of a response to radiation therapy include pain relief and a return to baseline function or improved function. Patients may experience some relief of symptoms within a few days after ...