Unusual Local Therapies Used for the Treatment of Low Back Pain and Sciatica: Concepts and Approaches.

Background and objective Low back pain (LBP) and sciatica are major healthcare issues globally. Since patients may seek various ways to cure their ailments, these conditions are managed not just by physicians, but many other health-related professionals provide alternative treatment options for it as well. We conducted this study to examine a local subset of patients who used stabbing their back and legs as a treatment option for curing LBP and sciatica.

Duration of In-hospital Stay for Elective Neurosurgical Procedures in a Tertiary Care Hospital.

Objective: Public hospitals have fixed days with allotted time slots during which to perform neurosurgical elective cases. If emergency operations or other events preempt these scheduled time slots, the patient remains hospitalized, waiting in queue for a new time slot. We conducted this study to determine the number of days patients remained admitted waiting for elective cases in a tertiary care public hospital, which operates on fixed days.

Early Complications of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt in Pediatric Patients With Hydrocephalus.

Objective Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) is the most commonly used procedure for the treatment of hydrocephalus (HDC), especially in children. However, this is prone to many complications, and requires repeated surgeries, which as such increases the morbidity of the patients. It is estimated that majority of the complications occurs in the immediate post-operative period and the rate of complications decreases over the time, with no impunity to these, though.

Disruption of murine Tcte3-3 induces tissue specific apoptosis via co-expression of Anxa5 and Pebp1.

Programmed cell death or apoptosis plays a vital physiological role in the development and homeostasis. Any discrepancy in apoptosis may trigger testicular and neurodegenerative diseases, ischemic damage, autoimmune disorders and many types of cancer. Tcte3 (T-complex testis expressed 3) is an accessory component of axonemal and cytoplasmic dynein which expresses predominantly in meiotic and postmeiotic germ cells.