Injuries to the lumbar spinal cord severely impair leg movement, or even cause complete paralysis. Epidural electrical stimulation has emerged as a promising approach to restore motor control, but for ...

Women who experience headaches following epidural anesthesia during childbirth have a greater risk of developing intracranial subdural hematoma, new research shows. Using a large database to study ...

A subdural bleed, also called a subdural hematoma, is a type of brain bleed in which the blood pools between the skull and the brain. It is usually caused by head trauma, and the severity, effects, ...

A person with a head injury requires immediate medical attention. Although a person may not initially feel as if much is wrong, bleeding can occur within the skull. Internal bleeding can lead to ...

A 24 year-old woman with acute sinusitis for a week presented with lethargy, headaches and weakness of the right side. Sinusitis and Subdural Empyema: (Left and middle) T1-weighted axial MRIs; (Right) ...

Spinal monitoring technology: A microelectrode array with hundreds of channels is placed directly on the spinal cord during surgery to record electrical activity and construct high-resolution 2D maps ...

Sinusitis and Epidural Abscess: T1-weighted with gadolinium MRI scans; (Left and Middle) axial; (Right) sagittal. Note the prominent enhancement in the frontal sinuses, and erosion of bone into the ...

In the results of a recently published study, researchers reported findings that demonstrated a link between the receipt of spinal epidural steroid injections and an increased risk of infection. The ...

CHICAGO -- Patients who had cataract surgery had a significantly lower risk of multiple types of traumatic injuries often associated with falls, an analysis of an international database showed. The ...