Hyperbaric oxygen treatment: A complementary treatment modality of Modic changes?

Modic changes (MCs) have attracted great interest in recent years. The complex process of MC development and progression seems to involve interplay between mechanical, infective, inflammatory, and degenerative processes that cannot be clearly differentiated. Based on signal intensity on T1- and T2-weighted MRI scans, MCs can be divided three types: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3.

Cranial nerve lesion in diabetic patients.

The retrospective investigation was done about relationships between diabetes and cranial nerve lesions (CNL) on the sample of hospitalized neurological patients in Clinical Hospital Dubrava (CHD) in 6 yrs. period (2001-2006). The goal was to expand the cognition about CNL as a complication of diabetes, to investigate possibility of better therapy models as well as to investigate the prevention possibilities.