Spinal cord infarction associated to retinal vein occlusion in a patient with chronic kidney disease by Amina Ghezzaz, Cristina Cristea, Amel Ferradji, El Habib Aboubekr, Lynda Bouhanna-Hamitouche, Sadri Chahed, Amir Mahdjoubi

“…A 70-year-old man presented to the emergency department with blood hypotension associated to a sudden paraplegia and thermalgesic analgesia. He had an history of colic and prostatic adenocarcinoma, hypertension and non-dialyzed Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) related to an idiopathic membranous glomerulonephritis type 1 discovered 9 years ago. …”
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The Placement of Dental Implants in Patients receiving Bisphosphonate Therapy by Levente Palásti, Márton Kivovics, Klára Kapor, Orsolya Németh

“…In this article the authors are presenting the oral rehabilitation of a patient with endosseal dental implants who have had hereditary spastic paraplegia and long term oral BP therapy for osteoporosis.…”
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An Interesting Case with Extrapulmonary Manifestations of Sarcoidosis by Mohammad Amin Abbasi, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Shahin Keshtkar Rajabi

“…Fatigue, spinal pain, and paraplegia plus paraparesis of lower limb, tachycardia, multiple lesions at the lumbar spine, skin lesions, and posterior fossa toxoplasmosis were the findings at later visits, representing a confusing course. …”
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Dura mater marsupialisation and outcome in a cat with a spinal subarachnoid pseudocyst: a case report by L. Pisoni, F. Cinti, A. Gallucci, A. Diana, S. Del Magno, E. Bellei, G. Gandini

“…A six-month-old male domestic shorthair cat was referred with a history of acute-onset paraplegia, over the previous two months. The neurological examination revealed a thoracolumbar lesion. …”
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Sport-Orthopädie by Perret C, 2, Flueck JL

“…This means that individually tailored solutions for each wheelchair athlete are necessaryfor supplement use at present and further studies are needed to gain more evidence-based information.KEY WORDS: Sports Nutrition, Paraplegia, Elite Sport, Caffeine, Creatine…”
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Simulating Ideal Assistive Devices to Reduce the Metabolic Cost of Running. by Thomas K Uchida, Ajay Seth, Soha Pouya, Christopher L Dembia, Jennifer L Hicks, Scott L Delp

“…Powered exoskeletons and other assistive devices are sophisticated modern tools that have restored bipedal locomotion in individuals with paraplegia and have endowed unimpaired individuals with superhuman strength. …”
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Evaluation of 68 Brucellosis Cases According to System Involvement by Elif DOYUK KARTAL, İlhan ÖZGÜNEŞ, Hasan ÇOLAK, Hasan ÇOLAK

“…There was not any important complication related with system involvement of brucellosis except two cases with neurobrucellosis related paraplegia. Relaps rate was 4.7%.…”
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Barriers and Facilitators of Community Integration of People With Spinal Cord Injuries Living in Low and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review by Meenakshi Mohan, Roumi Deb

“…Methods: Three databases of Scopus, PsycINFO, and PubMed were searched with the keywords of “spinal cord injury”, “tetraplegia”, “paraplegia”, and “challenges” for relevant articles published from 2010 to 2020. …”
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Prevention of Spinal Cord Injury during Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms Repair: What the Anaesthesiologist Should Know by Federico Marturano, Fulvio Nisi, Enrico Giustiniano, Francesco Benedetto, Federico Piccioni, Umberto Ripani

“…A major complication is paraplegia-paralysis due to spinal cord injury. Modern thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair techniques involve multiple strategies to reduce the risk of spinal cord ischemia during and after surgery. …”
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Current status of traumatic spinal cord injury caused by traffic accident in Northern China by Yao Wu, Zhenrong Zhang, Fangyong Wang, Wenjing Wang

“…The frequency of tetraplegia (51.6%) was slightly higher than paraplegia (48.4%), and cases with tetraplegia with incomplete injury accounted for 61.2%. …”
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CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DURING SCOLIOSIS SURGERY: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Sylvia Tanumihardja, Dedeh Supantini, Julia Windi Gunadi, Ardo Sanjaya, Katherine Marcella

“…It has been demonstrated that intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during spinal surgery reduces the risk of motor deficits or paraplegia. Despite significant advances in the technique and application of IONM (intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring), data reporting the impact of implementing intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring on scoliosis surgery intervention remains very limited. …”
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Oligomeric scaffolding for curvature generation by ER tubule-forming proteins by Yun Xiang, Rui Lyu, Junjie Hu

“…Several hereditary spastic paraplegia-causing mutations in REEP1 appear at the oligomeric interfaces identified here, suggesting compromised self-association of REEP as a pathogenic mechanism. …”
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“There is nothing better than participating in this study”: Living the PAPAartis cardiovascular randomised controlled trial by Nuria Romo-Avilés, Johanna Fröhlich Zapata, Alena Keuneke, David Petroff, Christian D. Etz, David Epstein

“…Many patients felt they did not fully understand the extraneous information provided about the study and the complex nature of the procedure. Avoidance of paraplegia played a fundamental role in the decision to participate in this trial. …”
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Lumbar Chordoma Presenting as an Epidural Collection with Vertebral Destruction- An Unusual Cause of Lumbar Canal Stenosis by Sibhi Ganapathy, Rajesh Raykar, Renuka Malipatel, Preethilata Rout, Shailesh AV Rao

“…They generally are osteodestructive leading to vertebral collapse and severe deficits including paraplegia and quadriplegia. Here authors presented a case of 26-year-old female presented with severe bilateral L5 radicular pain, no deficits and intact bladder and bowel control. …”
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Spinal Hydatid Disease of Cervico-Thoracic in Pregnant Women: A Case Report and Review by Denis G. Naumov, Arkadiy A. Vishnevskiy, Sergey G. Tkach, Armen O. Avetisyan

“…Case: A 27 year-old lady at 34 gestation weeks, previously operated on the urgent indications of paraplegia with neurogenic bladder dysfunction after 1 year and 10 months follow-up suffered vertebral column reconstruction due to recurrence of the cervico-thoracic hydatid disease, complicated by angular kyphosis. …”
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REEP4 variant analysis in blepharospasm and other neurological disorders by Samira Saeirad, Mark S. LeDoux, Mark S. LeDoux

“…The REEP4 paralogs, REEP1 and REEP2, are associated with spastic paraplegia. The causal contributions of REEP4 variants to dystonia and other neurological disorders remains indecisive.Methods: Sanger sequencing was used to screen subjects (N = 307) with BSP and BSP-plus dystonia affecting additional anatomical segments (BSP+) phenotypes for variants in REEP4. …”
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Endless story of a spinal column hydatid cyst disease: A case report by Gokhan Cavus, Vedat Acik, Emre Bilgin, Yurdal Gezercan, Ali Ihsan Okten

“…A 41-year-old male patient presented with cord compression and paraplegia due to a multiseptated cystic lesion at T10-11 level. …”
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System Design to control a wheelchair using brain electric signals by Fausto Freire Carrera, Olga Chadrina, Edison Maila Andrango, Vladimir Drozdov

“…The system test was performed with a 40-year-old patient with spastic paraplegia caused by a fracture in the spine.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: an effectiveness index greater than 85% was obtained. …”
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Diagnosis behind the mask: A rare case of infected Charcot's spine by Giedre Kučinskaite, MD, Theodor Lutz, MD, Sönke Frey, PhD, MD, Mark Wetterkamp, MD, Tobias L. Schulte, PhD, MD, Carsten Lukas, PhD, MD

“…A 65-year-old man with a history of thoracic spinal cord injury with paraplegia 49 years ago was admitted to our hospital with high fever and aphasia. …”
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Therapeutic management of in-stent thrombosis after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury in a coronavirus disease 2019 patient by Karen van Rijn, BSc, Abbey Schepers, MD, PhD, Rutger W. van der Meer, MD, PhD, Carla S.P. van Rijswijk, MD, PhD, Jan van Schaik, MD, Joost R. van der Vorst, MD, PhD

“…Fourteen months later, he presented with intermittent paraplegia, congestive heart failure, and a decline of kidney function as a result of high-grade aortic stenosis caused by in-stent thrombosis. …”
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