New data presented Saturday at TCT 2014 show that, in patients undergoing transfemoral coronary angiography, vascular closure devices match manual compression in terms of vascular access site ...

Your spinal cord has nerves that send signals or messages back and forth between your brain and the rest of your body. Spinal cord compression occurs when a mass places pressure on the cord. A mass ...

PARIS, France—Use of a vascular closure device during coronary angiography not only shortens the time to hemostasis but also reduces the risk of in-hospital hematoma compared with manual compression, ...

A randomized multicenter trial has demonstrated that surgical resection is more effective than radiotherapy in patients undergoing surgery for spinal cord compression caused by metastatic cancer.

Any condition that puts pressure within the spinal canal causes spinal cord compression. As your spinal cord is protected by a stack of backbones called 'vertebrae', and they also hold your body ...

Radiotherapy alone is the most common treatment for metastatic epidural spinal cord compression (MESCC). Decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy is generally indicated only in 10–15% of MESCC ...

Symptoms for MSCC include sensory changes, autonomic dysfunction, and back pain; however, back pain was not predictive of MSCC. The sensitivity and specificity for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

What is spinal cord compression? Spinal cord compression happens when pressure on the spinal cord stops the nerves working normally. This can cause back pain and other symptoms such as arm or leg ...

What is spinal cord compression? Spinal cord compression means that cancer is pressing on or near the spinal cord. It is also called metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC). Metastatic means that ...