Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of PU/PLDL Sponges Intended for Grafting Injured Spinal Cord.

Highly porous, elastic, and degradable polyurethane and polyurethane/polylactide (PU/PLDL) sponges, in various shapes and sizes, with open interconnected pores, and porosity up to 90% have been manufactured. They have been intended for gap filling in the injured spinal cord. The porosity of the sponges depended on the content of polylactide, i.

Changes in the level of cardiac troponine and disorders in pulmonary gas exchange as predictors of short- and long-term outcomes of patients with aneurysm subarachnoid haemorrhage.

Subject: Cardiopulmonary abnormalities are common after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH). However, the relationship between short- and long-term outcome is poorly understood. In this paper, we present how cardiac troponine elevations (cTnI) and pulmonary disorders are associated with short- and long-term outcomes assessed by the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) and Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOSE).

Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: Surgery Still Safe as a Treatment Option.

Background: Despite a number of studies on the treatment of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA), the optimal method still remains unclear.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to demonstrate that UIA clipping is a safe procedure and can be a good alternative for patients not qualified for endovascular procedures and who have refused conservative management.

Material And Methods: Results were gathered from a sample of 104 patients with UIA treated in our facility over a 9-year period starting January 2005.

Lizard tail spinal cord: a new experimental model of spinal cord injury without limb paralysis.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a well-known devastating lesion that sadly is very resistant to all treatment attempts. This fact has stimulated the exploration of multiple regenerative strategies that are examined at both the basic and clinical level. For laboratory research, differentin vivomodels are used, but each has many important limitations.

Aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage: who remains for surgical treatment in the post-ISAT era?

Introduction: Although there have been a number of studies on changes and trends in the management of aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) since publication of the International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial (ISAT), no data exist on what category of patients still remains for surgical treatment. Our goal was to investigate the changes that occurred in the characteristics of a population of aSAH patients treated surgically in the post-ISAT period in a single neurosurgical center, with limited availability of endovascular service.

Material And Methods: The study included 402 aSAH patients treated surgically in our unit between January 2004 and December 2011.