Placement of a catheter in the lumbar epidural space allows for the administration of analgesic and local anesthetic agents to a series of dorsal- and ventral-nerve roots that exit the spinal cord and ...
A 78-year-old lady with polyarticular rheumatoid arthritis for 11 years was admitted for total knee replacement. The patient was a known diabetic and hypertensive on regular therapy, and was diagnosed ...
A 47 year-old man developed mid-back pain followed by numbness and weakness of both legs over the next two weeks, associated with urinary incontinence. He had been treated for Staphylococcus aureus ...