APPROXIMATELY 12 MILLION Americans undergo spinal manipulation therapy (SMT)
every year. Renewed interest in this method requires an analysis of its reported risks and …

✓ This retrospective analysis describes the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome
of 19 patients aged 80 years or older with odontoid fractures. The fractures were due to falls …

This report describes three patients with spinal epidural abscess diagnosed by magnetic
resonance imaging and treated nonoperatively. Prior to treatment, one patient was …

Study Design A retrospective review was performed to determine the outcomes of patients
with cauda equina syndrome (CES) from a herniated lumbar disc at our institutions …

A retrospective analysis was undertaken in a consecutive series of 33 full-term infants (birth
weight> 2500 g and a minimum of 37 weeks gestational age) with symptomatic intracranial …

Background The rates of seizure activity associated with surgical treatment of chronic
subdural hematoma (CSH) reported in the literature has varied greatly. The efficacy of …

Object. In this report the authors describe the use of the hemostatic agent recombinant
activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in the perioperative treatment of hemorrhages in the central …

Abstract FROM 1985 TO 1991, 13 children were diagnosed at the University of Illinois
College of Medicine at Peoria, Saint Francis Medical Center, with cerebral venous …

One hundred twenty-two preterm infants were enrolled in a placebo-controlled, double-blind
trial using intravenous indomethacin for the prevention of periventricular-intraventricular …

An array of signs pathognomonic of child abuse is described for three young children. The
eponym" tin ear syndrome" describes distinct unilateral ear bruising, radiographic evidence …