There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lower ...

There appears to be limited evidence supporting the use of epidural steroid injections for certain types of chronic lo ...

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has developed a new systematic review to summarize for neurologists and other ...

A pyogenic liver abscess is a collection of pus in the liver that forms when a bacterial infection reaches the organ. Without early diagnosis and treatment, a pyogenic liver abscess may lead to ...

However, it is possible for the cyst to become infected with bacteria. If this happens, a pus-filled mass called an abscess can form. Symptoms of an abscessed Bartholin cyst include: Around 2% of ...

Blood cultures or cultures from epidural ... persists. Spinal instability, deteriorating neurological status, lack of availability of emergency spinal surgery or MRI facilities, an abscess that ...

An MRI of the thoracic spine showed an enhancing lesion involving T6 and T7 on T2 weighted images compressing the spinal cord (Fig 2 ... cultures from the epidural fluid were sent for analysis.

aDivision of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada bDivision of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada ...

1 Second Department of Spinal Surgery, The Second People’s Hospital ... Figure 2. Sagittal T1-weighted MRI showing that the epidural abscess has been cleared and decompressed adequately (white ...

to accommodate the clinic. Guy Boswall says the clinic plans to recruit from across Canada and will try not to encroach on the MRI staff at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. (Wayne Thibodeau/CBC ...

Figure 1. Postoperative thoracic MRI revealed subdural hematoma in front of the spinal cord at the T4-8 vertebral plane and epidural hematoma behind the spinal cord at the T12-L2 vertebral plane (Red ...