The denticulate ligament - Tensile characterisation and finite element micro-scale model of the structure stabilising spinal cord.

Background: Damage to the spinal cord is one of the most debilitating pathologies with considerable health, economic and social impact. Improved prevention, treatment and rehabilitation after spinal cord injury (SCI) requires the complex biomechanics of the spinal cord with all its structural elements and the injury mechanism to be understood. This comprehensive understanding will also allow development of models and tools enabling better diagnosis, surgical treatment with increased safety and efficacy and possible development of regenerative therapies.

The supraorbital keyhole approach via an eyebrow incision applied to obtain the olfactory bulb as a source of olfactory ensheathing cells--radiological feasibility study.

BACKGROUND. The purpose of the study was to test the suitability of supraorbital keyhole craniotomy with an eyebrow incision for obtaining olfactory bulb for therapeutic purposes. METHODS.