Areflexic, or flaccid, bladder and bowels occur when the spinal cord injury is low enough to damage the cauda equina and alpha motor neurons. It also occurs in all spinal cord injury patients during ...

Selected spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with profound spasticity may be treated by implantation of a baclofen pump for intrathecal administration of baclofen. The pump is implanted in the abdominal ...

Objectives: To discuss a rare complication of extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of renal calculus in a paraplegic patient, who had marked curvature of thoracic and lumbar spine. Design: A ...

Few people associate hospitals with anything resembling joy or creativity. The inherent grimness of places like the Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland — perhaps the least fun ...

Spinal injuries such as those that led to Freddie Gray’s death while in police custody require “significant force” akin to the impact from a car accident and can fatally impair the body’s ability to ...

Health Minister Shannon Fentiman has made a big commitment in the wake of horror stories from the PA Hospital’s spinal unit. Ms Fentiman said the government has heard the calls for an upgrade and the ...

IT is assumed in the therapy of spinal-cord injuries that, because the paralyses all originated from a unified injury to the cord, the symptoms must also arise from a single source. Instead, it can be ...

TNT standout Troy Rosario sustains the injuries from an ugly fall following a flagrant foul from Jackson Corpuz in Game 3 of the PBA Philippine Cup finals TNT forward Troy Rosario might sit out the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs released new guidelines for trauma centers with ...

The phrase "going into shock" is a common line in medical dramas, but the actors don't always explain what that means. Shock is a sudden drop in blood flow in your body, and it comes with serious ...