Cerebrovascular disease affects blood flow to the brain, increasing stroke risk. Learn about its different types, causes, ...

Inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) evidence for CSF loss on cranial and spinal MRI; (2) dynamic subtraction (DSM) or CT myelography (CTM) demonstrating the level of the spinal CSF leak; (3) ...

Spinal stenosis is a common disease in clinical practice, and drug use is one of its potential predisposing factors. Alendronate, a widely used clinical drug for osteoporosis treatment, has the ...

If a doctor suspects that a person has a VCF due to a high impact injury, they will order MRI and CT scans as standard. They will also carry out a neurological exam to check for spinal cord injury.

Lumbar spinal stenosis is characterized by degenerative changes leading to narrowing of the spinal canal as well as compression of multiple nerve roots. The progressive pain and weakness of the ...