The unnamed 44-year-old from the south of France started feeling a mild pain in his leg, which prompted him to visit his ...

Zanele Khumalo desperately needs help for her disabled teenage son. Anelenhle was born at the Evander Hospital in 2011. The doctor told the new mother her son was not well and had to go to Steve Biko ...

Serena Nye, from Eastbourne, was told after her 20-week pregnancy scan her unborn son had spina bifida. The condition meant Tommy’s spine and spinal cord was not developing properly, causing a gap in ...

Primary shunt insertions represented 28.9% (27.9 to 29.8 ... We are very grateful to the Medical Devices Agency (now MHRA), the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH, now SHINE) and ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

The case reported below was shown to be caused by congenital intrahepatic portal–systemic shunts. N.F. (C–P.M.C. 151–33–75), a 56-year-old married postal clerk, was entirely well until 2 1 ...

The NHS website saw more than 18,000 hits in an hour on its spina bifida pages following Sunday night’s episode of Call the Midwife. Spina bifida is a rare condition that occurs when a baby’s spine ...

Background Arteriovenous shunts below conus medullaris (AVS-BC ... AVS-lipoma (58.8%) and AVS with spina bifida/meningocele (75.0%) were mainly located in S3–S5, while others were above S2 (p<0.001).

Introduction: While it is well-established that follow-up care programs play a crucial role in preventing and early detecting secondary health conditions (SHCs) in persons with spinal cord injury [SCI ...

Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery is used for canine congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (CEHPSS). However, outcomes of laparoscopic surgery involving simultaneous portal vein angiography ...

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