Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury in Bangladesh: Database for the International Spinal Cord Injury Community Survey 2023 by Taslim Uddin, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Mohammad Hossain, Mohammad Sohrab Hossain, A.K.M. Salek, M. Jahidul Islam, Shahidul Haque, Hasna Raihan Rahim, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Md. Hassanuzzaman, Monirul Islam, Moin Uddin Hossain Khan, Sharif Ahmed, Khurshid Mahmud, Md. Rakibul Hasan, Anika Tasnim, M. Atiqul Haque

“…In the study, 59.6% had suffered traumatic injuries, whereas 40.4% had SCI attributable to disease-related causes; 58.1% were diagnosed with tetraplegia and 40.1% with paraplegia. Fall from height (42.1%) and road traffic trauma (27%) were the most common causes of traumatic injuries. …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients with Inherited and Sporadic Motor Neuron Degeneration by Brian Johnson, Angela Kokkinis, Neville Gai, Ejaz A. Shamim, Craig Blackstone, Kenneth H. Fischbeck, Christopher Grunseich

“…The cohort included five patients with hereditary spastic paraplegia, four with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), three with familial ALS, and one with primary lateral sclerosis. …”
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Anterior and posterior fixation of spinal fracture in patients with ankylos- ing spondylitis by Aleksey I. Shvets, Aleksey S. Nekhlopochin, Alexandr A. Samoilenko, Sergey N. Nekhlopochin

“…Among patients with lumbar spine injuries, a clinical picture of profound inferior paresis was observed in one patient with previous kyphosis. Paraplegia was diagnosed in two patients with fractures at the C5–C6 level, and radicular pain – in one patient with injury at the C5–C6 level. …”
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Sphingolipids in neurodegenerative diseases by Xueyang Pan, Xueyang Pan, Debdeep Dutta, Debdeep Dutta, Shenzhao Lu, Shenzhao Lu, Hugo J. Bellen, Hugo J. Bellen, Hugo J. Bellen

“…These include some lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), hereditary sensory and autonomous neuropathy (HSAN), hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD), Friedreich’s ataxia (FRDA), as well as some forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease (PD). …”
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Open neural tube defects in neonates: Mode of presentation, challenges, and lessons learnt by Nitin Sharma, Shipra Sharma, Mini Sharma

“…Hydrocephalous was present in 146 cases and all required VP shunt. Lower limb paraplegia and spasticity were present in 63 and 23 cases. …”
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A diagnostic challenge in a young woman with intractable hiccups and vomiting: a case of neuromyelitis optica by Rohan Mandaliya, Margot Boigon, David G. Smith, Suchit Bhutani, Naveed Ali, Cheryl Hilton, John Kelly, Nataliya Ternopolska

“…Missing diagnosis at this early stage will lead to a delay in the treatment, and hence, irreversible complications including blindness and paraplegia could occur. We report a case of a 22-year-old young female who presented with intractable hiccups and vomiting. …”
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Human disease-drug network based on genomic expression profiles. by Guanghui Hu, Pankaj Agarwal

“…The remaining can drive a molecular level nosology by discovering relationships between seemingly unrelated diseases, such as a connection between bipolar disorder and hereditary spastic paraplegia, and a connection between actinic keratosis and cancer. …”
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Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: An Experience in A Tertiary Care Setup by Naila Naeem Shahbaz, Saima Amanat, Salma Soomro, Yasmin Hasan, Mohammed Abdullah

“…Weakness of limbs was the commonest first symptom at onset, occurring in 27(37.5%) patients and duration of onset from the beginning of symptoms to completed weakness ranged from 10 hours (< 1day) to 28 days, with a mean of 5.04 days. Paraplegia was commoner than quadriplegia occurring in 69.4% of patients. …”
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Treatment for Stanford type B aortic dissection with insufficient anchoring region using castor integrated branched aortic stent graft by Weiqing Chen, Dabing Liu, Tao Chen, Jian Liu, Yi Guo, Bo Ye

“…BackgroundTo investigate the clinical efficacy of Castor integrated branched aortic stent graft for the treatment of Stanford type B aortic dissection with insufficient anchoring area.MethodsRetrospective analysis of clinical data of 26 patients with Stanford type B aortic dissection with insufficient anchoring region (&lt;15 mm) treated by Castor branched aortic stent graft from September 2018 to June 2022 at Ganzhou People's Hospital, including 23 acute cases and 3 chronic cases.ResultsSurgical procedures were successfully performed in all 26 patients, and during the perioperative period no complications occurred, such as cerebrovascular accident, stenosis or occlusion of left subclavian artery, progression of reverse avulsion of aortic dissection, and paraplegia. During the operation 2 patients had a small amount of type I endoleak, which disappeared during the postoperative follow-up. …”
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Postoperative spinal cord infarction on a gravid woman with suspected IV drug use: a case report by Janine N. Baldino, Johnathon Recknagel, A. Jenna Beckham

“…This required emergent decompressive laminectomy and ultimately resulted in paraplegia. Conclusion This case highlights the difficulties in recognizing all SCI risk factors pre-operatively and the importance of investigating back pain in pregnant patients with a suspected history of IVDU. …”
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Bilateral pure facet joint dislocation in thoracolumbar junction (T11–T12) without facet fracture using a 3D digital printing model for surgical planning: A case report by Wongthawat Liawrungrueang, Tuanrit Sornsa-ard, Ekkarat Boonchieng

“…Case presentation: A 25-year-old Thai gentleman presented with paraplegia and loss of sensation in the lower extremity (ASIA A) following a fall from a high lorry. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of 1,806 patients with traumatic spinal cord injury: A retrospective study by Zhihua Wang, Wu Zhou, Meihua Li

“…Compared to patients with cervical fracture/dislocation, those with TCSCI caused by disc herniation/bulging were older and more likely to suffer from paraplegia, but required intubation/tracheostomy less frequently, exhibited fewer other injuries and complications, and required shorter hospitalization.ConclusionsMen, married individuals, manual laborers, and individuals aged 31–75 years had the highest risk of TSCI. …”
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Endovascular repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic ruptures: a single-center experience by Filiz İslim, Aysun Erbahçeci Salık, Koray Güven, Vedat Bakuy, Zafer Çukurova

“…The patient with iatrogenic thoracic aortic rupture developed paraplegia after the procedure.CONCLUSIONReduced mortality due to aortic rupture has been reported with the expanding use of endovascular repair. …”
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Katanin-p80 gene promoter characterization and regulation via Elk1. by Ece Selçuk, Koray Kırımtay, Derya Canbaz, Güher Işık Cesur, Sirin Korulu, Arzu Karabay

“…Since microtubule severing is an important cellular mechanism of which malfunctions result in serious diseases such as spastic paraplegia, Alzheimer's disease and cell cycle related disorders, identification of KATNB1 transcriptional regulation is crucial in understanding the coordination of microtubule severing activity by different proteins in the cells.…”
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Traumatic blunt aortic injury: experience in one hospital by Che-Hui Yeh, Jiun-Yi Li

“…Three of the five patients who underwent endovascular repair developed postoperative complications, including endoleak and paraplegia. Two patients who underwent nonoperative treatment showed complete resolution within 2 months. …”
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Two Patients with Spontaneous Spinal Epidural Hematoma Carrying a Good Prognosis without Surgical Operations by Katsuhiko Ogawa, Takayoshi Akimoto, Makoto Hara, Midori Fujishiro, Hiroshi Uei, Hideto Nakajima

“…(1) Introduction: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma (SSEH) points to hematoma within the epidural space of the spinal cord without traumatic or iatrogenic causes. (2) Case Reports: One patient showed paraplegia, numbness of both legs with acute onset, acute myelopathic signs, subsequent to back pain. …”
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Clinical Presentation, MRI Characteristics, and Outcome of Conservative or Surgical Management of Spinal Epidural Empyema in 30 Dogs by Carlos Blanco, Meritxell Moral, Juan José Minguez, Valentina Lorenzo

“…The most frequent clinical sign was pain 28/30 (93%), and 22/30 (73%) showed neurological signs with ambulatory paraparesis/tetraparesis 15/30 (50%), monoparesis 1/30 (3.3%), non-ambulatory paraparesis 3/30 (10%), or paraplegia 3/30 (10%). MRI was valuable for the diagnosis and in the follow-up. …”
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Promoting factors and barriers to participation in working life for people with spinal cord injury by Christian Sturm, Andrea Bökel, Christoph Korallus, Veronika Geng, Yorck B. Kalke, Rainer Abel, Ines Kurze, Christoph M. Gutenbrunner

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Recurrent spinal hydatidosis causing Gibbus deformity: Report of a rare case by Abdullah Ahmad, Torgot Ghani, Ahmed Nasir Hanifi, Sayed Amrullah Faez, Zekrullah Baset, Haider Ali Malakzai

“…We present a case of a 52-year-old Afghan woman presented to the hospital with Gibbus deformity, complaining of lower back pain and flaccid paraplegia for one year. Findings of Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the lumbosacral spine were suggestive of a hydatid cyst involving the vertebrae with extension to the paravertebral soft tissue, leading to acute kyphosis, severe canal stenosis, and cord compression. …”
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Occupational Therapy Intervention in the Child with Leukodystrophy: Case Report by Rachele Simeon, Anna Berardi, Donatella Valente, Tiziana Volpi, Samuele Vagni, Giovanni Galeoto

“…Specifically, children with hypomyelination and congenital cataract syndrome (HCC) in addition to motor retardation development, hypotonia and progressive spastic paraplegia, associated with cerebellar ataxia and peripheral neuropathy, have early bilateral cataracts and intellectual disability as pathognomonic symptoms. …”
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