Reuters

Childbirth deaths from spinal anesthesia rising

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. women who die from anesthesia complications during childbirth has fallen sharply in recent decades. But deaths specifically related to so-called regional ...

Rare Neuro Emergency after Spinal Tumor Surgery Turns Critical, Ends in Successful Recovery at Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad

A 35-year-old woman, mother of one, had persistent lower back pain for a very long time. However, in the second pregnancy the ...

A conscious choice: Local and spinal anesthesia emerge as safer alternatives in spine surgery

General anesthesia, once the default choice in spine surgeries, is increasingly giving way to local and spinal anesthesia as ...
Medical Xpress

For kids with severe scoliosis, growth-friendly surgeries cause more complications than single spinal fusion

A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion have more complications and ...
Nature

Should spinal cord clinicians be proactive in preventing spinal cord injuries and decreasing secondary complications caused by spinal cord injury?

We read with great interest the valuable contribution made by Silver 1 on the prevention of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in rugby players. According to the Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, ...