A Bradford mum-of-four is back on her feet thanks to life-changing spinal surgery at Leeds General Infirmary. Romana Vanova, ...

The patient was operated on within 7 days of presentation because of progressive myelopathy. A posterior thoracic T9-T11 laminectomy and durotomy was performed, which showed engorged venous vessels on ...

Box 1: Evidence used in this review We performed a comprehensive literature search of MEDLINE for the key words “spinal cord injury” and the medical subheading “treatment.” We limited the search to ...

Thoracic myelopathy. Thoracic myelopathy affects the nerves in the thoracic region of the spinal cord (i.e., the middle and upper back). Lumbar myelopathy.

This narrowing can compress the spinal cord and nerve roots in the neck area, causing neck pain and other symptoms. Most cases of CS are due to age-related changes to the bones and ligaments.