Cauda Equina
Imaging of Cauda Equina Edema in Lumbar Canal Stenosis By Using Gadolinium Enhanced MR Imaging: Experimental Constriction Injury
... after cauda equina constriction, histologic and electron microscopic examination of these regions showed de- formation of the myelin sheath and the nerve fibers were sep- arated (Fig 4A, ...
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Review Article Early surgery predicts a better prognosis of urinary function in cauda equina syndrome with retention: a systematic review and meta-analysis
... Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a rare but an extremely serious surgery emergency [1-3]. It can be induced by many diseases, such as lum- bar disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis, trauma, hematoma, tumors ...
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Doing More with Less: Diagnostic Accuracy of CT in Suspected Cauda Equina Syndrome
... of cauda equina impinge- ment on MR imaging was also recorded. Cauda equina impingement was defined as complete effacement of CSF within the thecal sac secondary to an extrinsically ...
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Impact of MR Neurography in Patients with Chronic Cauda Equina Syndrome Presenting as Chronic Pelvic Pain and Dysfunction
... or cauda equina lesions, muscle lesions, pe- ripheral nerve lesions, masses, or other visceral ...of cauda equina nerve roots, tethered cord, lumbosacral perineural mass lesion, and increased ...
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Differential diagnosis and treatment of acute cauda equina syndrome in the human immunodeficiency virus positive patient: a case report and review of the literature
... Acute cauda equina syndrome is an uncommon but significant neurologic presentation due to a variety of underlying ...of cauda equina syndrome in well-controlled HIV infection are ...of ...
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Ischemic Cauda equina Syndrome Due to Spinal Embolization as a First Manifestation of an Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
... ischemic Cauda equina syndrome sec- ondary to a spinal cord embolization from an unknown partially thrombosed aortic ...ischemic Cauda equina syndrome and six months after the surgery, the ...
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MR Imaging of the Cauda Equina in Hereditary Motor Sensory Neuropathies: Correlations with Sural Nerve Biopsy
... roots on MR scans, even in the absence of hyper- trophic or signal changes, correlated with the amount of onion bulbs, indicating active myelin breakdown and demyelination. Therefore, it is pos- sible that at least in ...
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Original Article Study on different surgical approaches for acute Lumber disk protrusion combined with Cauda Equina Syndrome
... in cauda equina, which subsequently cause regional ...the cauda equina causes congestion and edema at the injury site and subsequently hin- der the circulation of cerebral fluid, which ...
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Mobile Schwannoma of the Cauda Equina for Which Intraoperative Myelography Was Useful in Locating
... Except for meningiomas, most cauda equina tumors are mobile, and the mo- bile range is a single vertebra in many cases. Thus, when a part of the tumor be- comes visible in the surgical field after ...
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Acute Myelopathy or Cauda Equina Syndrome in HIV Positive Adults in a Tuberculosis Endemic Setting: MRI, Clinical, and Pathologic Findings
... or cauda equina symptoms (lower limb weakness with loss of sphincter control with or with- out a sensory level), in HIV-positive adults over a 42-month pe- riod (2008 ...
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A case of indirect cauda equina syndrome from metastatic prostate cancer
... “indirect” cauda equina syndrome developed concurrent with multilevel spinal cord compression ...The cauda equina was also distorted and flattened without evidence of direct solid tumour ...
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S Nitrosoglutathione Administration Ameliorates Cauda Equina Compression Injury in Rats
... Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a stable disorder with mild to severe disability and neurological deficits. LSS is one of the most frequent reasons for spinal surgery asso- ciated with chronic low back pain in the ...
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Hemangioblastomas of the Lower Spinal Region: Report of Four Cases with Preoperative Embolization and Review of the Literature
... of cauda equina lesions, these neoplasms appear to originate from the nerve root and it is necessary to sacrifice the nerve root from which the HB originates to achieve complete resection ...
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Vasodilative effects of prostaglandin E1 derivate on arteries of nerve roots in a canine model of a chronically compressed cauda equina
... derivative increased blood flow in chronic cauda equina compression [9]. In this study, the diameter of the arteries, but not the veins, increased after administration of PGE 1 derivative under cauda ...
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Contrast enhancement in spinal nerve roots: an experimental study
... and cauda equina, and the biopsied specimens were fixed in ...fixed cauda equina specimens were embedded in par- affin, sectioned, stained with hematoxylin and eosin, luxol fast blue, or ...
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Immune function and the decision to deploy weapons during fights in the beadlet anemone, Actinia equina
... A. equina, for example, individuals that inflict the most damage are most likely to win fights; Rudin and Briffa, 2011), and previous studies have found a positive correlation between fighting success and immunity ...
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Fertility enhancing effects of methanolic leaf extract of Dracaena arborea in albino rats (Rattus norvegicus)
... mean cauda epididymal sperm reserve, and testicular morphology were ...mean cauda epididymal sperm reserve, and testicular morphology were determined on days 28, 42, 56, 70, and ...
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Group III secreted phospholipase A2 regulates epididymal sperm maturation and fertility in mice
... the cauda epididymidis, spermatozoa under- go significant morphological and biochemical modifications, which lead to acquisition of their forward motility and ability to recognize and fertilize oocytes ...
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Effect of Storage Time on Cauda Epididymal Sperm Parameters of Nigerian Local Dogs
... of cauda epididymal spermatozoa for assisted reproductive technologies has grown recently [2] [3] ...[4]. Cauda epididymal spermatozoa can be recovered either during castration or post ...
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The role of L Dopa in the nervous system of sea anemones: a putative inhibitory transmitter in tentacles
... Dopa have not been identified in Actinia equina, they are known to occur in two closely related species, Urticina felina and Bolocera tueidae (Carlberg and Rosengren, 1985). The physiological actions of dopamine ...
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