New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

Don Park MD, of Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health, performed the world’s first endoscopic spinal fusion using augmented reality. Dr. Park wore an AR headset with HD endoscopic video MRI images and EMR ...

A brain abscess is a rare but life-threatening infection. Learn how advances in imaging, surgery, and diagnostics are ...

BMC Surg. 2011;11 (29) Methods Study Design Between January 2009 and December 2010, we enrolled 97 patients who were to have a posterior lumbar spine surgery in this retrospective case control study.

Treatment Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement superseded tighter control of vascular risk factors, as judged by the patient's response to continuous lumbar drainage.

During the procedure a small flexible tube called a lumbar drain is placed in the lower spine. The tube drains excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) which fills the fluid compartment of the brain and ...

In this procedure, a tube connected to a drainage bag is inserted in the CSF compartment at the base of the person’s back. A needle is inserted into the back; then the lumbar drain catheter is ...

The team successfully placed the lumbar drain to relieve the pressure and kept it in for two days. This was the first time the procedure was performed at UK HealthCare for this particular condition.

During the procedure, a small flexible tube, a lumbar drain, is placed in the lower spine. The tube drains excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) which fills the fluid compartment of the brain and ...

It has long been believed that spinal subdural empyemas (SDEs) with neurological symptoms result in death if operative intervention is not performed. We present a case of addressing an extensive ...