Apoptosis after traumatic human spinal cord injury
Abstract Object: Apoptosis is a form of programmed cell death seen in a variety of developmental and disease states, including traumatic injuries. The main objective of this study was to determine whether apoptosis is observed after human spinal cord injury (SCI). The...
Permanent I-125 brain stem implants in children.
Abstract: Between 1988 and 1997, 28 children have had iodine-125 implants for CNS tumors performed in our institution. Ten had stereotactic implantation in the brain stem region, and nine had the diagnosis of brain stem glioma (8 diffuse pontine, 1 midbrain tumor)....
Commentary: neurotoxicity of local anesthetics–an issue or a scapegoat?
Abstract: To evaluate the etiologies of cauda equina syndrome (CES) and transient radicular irritation (TRI) or transient neurologic symptoms (TNSs) following hyperbaric spinal anesthesia. A review of recent (since 1991) and prior (since 1941) investigations regarding...
Management of postoperative radiation injury of the urinary bladder by hyperbaric oxygen (HBO).
Abstract: In many case reports the success of treatment of late complications of radiotherapy with hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) has been shown. This synopsis attempts to review HBO in the treatment of chronic radiation injury of the bladder. Three female patients who...
Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on ophthalmic artery blood velocity in patients with diabetic neuropathy.
Abstract: To assess the relationship between blood flow and the complications of diabetes mellitus, we investigated the changes in the velocity of blood flow in the ophthalmic artery before and after hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO), one of the treatments for diabetic...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for intestinal obstruction in children: an exceptional experience in a compromised child.
Abstract: Intestinal obstruction in a 2-year-old girl with a histologically proven diagnosis of retroperitoneal yolk sac carcinoma developed after the second course of anticancer chemotherapy. Nonoperative treatment was not effective. Because the patient had fallen...
Oral implant rehabilitation in irradiated patients without adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: In 15 patients treated for malignant tumors in the maxillofacial region, 90 Brånemark implants have been placed in irradiated alveolar bone without adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Seventy-eight implants were placed in the mandible and 12 in the...
Block distribution and cardiovascular effects of unilateral spinal anaesthesia by 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine. A clinical comparison with bilateral spinal block.
Abstract: A low dose of hyperbaric local anaesthetic solution, pencil point needle and slow speed of intrathecal injection have been reported to obtain a unilateral distribution of spinal anaesthesia. This should also minimize cardiovascular effects of spinal block....
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the pediatric patient: the experience of the Israel Naval Medical Institute.
Abstract: The pediatric patient is to be found in hyperbaric facilities throughout the world, receiving hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for both life-threatening and chronic diseases. To review the experience accumulated at the Israel Naval Medical Institute in the...