Abstract : Background: Chronic abdominal pain without a structural or metabolic gastroenterological etiology can be extremely challenging to diagnose and treat. Patients presenting with an associated radicular p..

Abstract : Perineural (Tarlov) cysts are meningeal cyst of the spinal nerve root sheath that most often affect sacral roots and can cause a progressive painful radiculopathy. Tarlov cysts are most commonly diagn..

Abstract: Introduction- Hydrocephalus is one of the commonest complications of tuberculous meningitis (TBM). Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has evolved as an alternative to shunt surgeries for obstructive hydrocephalus in TBM. It offers the opportunity to keep the patient free of foreign material and its associated compl..

Abstract: Extradural Motor Cortex Stimulation (EMCS) is a minimally invasive therapy that has been employed in cases of neuropathic central pain. We believe that it might be proposed in Parkinson’s disease (P..

Abstract : Vertebral osteomyelitis is a rare but serious complication of spinal-epidural analgesia and anesthesia. We report two cases of two level vertebral osteomyelitis and psoas abscess without spinal epidur..

Introduction: Electrical neuromodulation techique is used for treatment of chronic neuropathic pain refractory to drug therapy with painkillers or anticonvulsivant. It generally involves the selective application of a programmable pulse waveform through a series of electrode within a lead to stimulate afferent nerve fibers, spinal d..

Abstract: Background: The purpose of this study is to investigate the economic impact of opioid-antidepressant-anxiolytic use in spine surgery patients.Methods: The charts of 816 spine surgery inpatients of the Medical Center of Central Georgia were retrospectively reviewed and data on preoperative use of opioids, antidepressant..