Acute lumbar spinal pseudogout attack after instrumented surgery.

Study Design: A case report.

Objective: An elderly patient presented with an acute lumbar spinal pseudogout attack after lumbar instrumented surgery.

Summary Of Background Data: Although gout and pseudogout are common diseases causing inflammatory arthropathy in peripheral joints, involvement of the spine is uncommon.

Synthesis and characterization of high-quality skin-cooling sheets containing thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamid).

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) is the most popular thermosensitive polymer, and exhibits a low critical solution temperature of approximately 32°C. This study aimed to examine the usefulness of new cooling sheets, which are manufactured using a thermosensitive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) material. We prepared cooling-hydrogel sheets containing PNIPAAm (PNIPAAm sheet).