Spinal cord
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Clinical correlates of cerebral diffusion tensor imaging findings in chronic traumatic spinal cord injury.
Prospective clinical case-control study. ⋯ In patients with chronic SCI, DTI changes can be observed in the cerebral white matter. These alterations are associated with the clinical state of the patients.
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To determine the success rate of percutaneous first stage of sacral neuromodulation (SNM) and the efficacy and safety of permanent SNM for incomplete spinal cord lesion (SCL) patients suffering from chronic neurogenic non-obstructive urinary retention (N-NOR). ⋯ Research is needed to increase the success rate of the first stage SNM on incomplete SCL patients with N-NOR. Permanent SNM is highly efficacious in the medium follow-up.
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Literature review. ⋯ The online global maps now inform an extrapolative statistical model, which estimates incidence for areas with insufficient TSCI data. The accuracy of this methodology will be improved through the use of prospective, standardised-data registries.
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The objective of this study was to determine the national hospitalization burden of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) among adults in the United States. Factors predicting hospitalization outcomes including length of stay (LOS), total charges and discharge disposition of death were identified. ⋯ There is considerable inpatient burden associated with SCI in the United States. Inpatient LOS, charges and percentage of hospitalizations with discharge disposition of death were higher among individuals with SCI as compared with those without SCI.