Role of neurogenic inflammation in intervertebral disc degeneration.

In healthy intervertebral discs (IVDs), nerves and blood vessels are present only in the outer annulus fibrosus, while in degenerative IVDs, a large amount of nerve and blood vessel tissue grows inward. Evidence supports that neurogenic inflammation produced by neuropeptides such as substance P and calcitonin gene related peptide released by the nociceptive nerve fibers innervating the IVDs plays a crucial role in the process of IVD degeneration. Recently, non-neuronal cells, including IVD cells and infiltrating immune cells, have emerged as important players in neurogenic inflammation.

Local Delivery of Ginger Extract a Nanofibrous Membrane Suppresses Human Skin Melanoma B16F10 Cells Growth Targeting Ras/ERK and PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathways: An Study.

Background: Metastatic melanoma poses a significant threat globally, with a distressingly low ten-year survival rate of only 10%. While FDA-approved treatments such as dacarbazine and high-dose IL-2 have been employed in clinical settings, their limitations underscore the urgent need for more effective therapies.

Aims: This study aimed to develop a potential anticancer local treatment through the extraction of various amounts of ginger extract loaded unto Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers.

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures following Coblation Nucleoplasty for Cervical Discogenic Dizziness.

Background: There is little research in the literature comparing the efficacy of coblation nucleoplasty with conservative treatment in the treatment of cervical discogenic dizziness and reporting the achieved rate of minimal clinically important differences (MCID) and patient acceptable symptom state (PASS) after surgery. This retrospective study aims to explore the patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) following coblation nucleoplasty for cervical discogenic dizziness and to compare the therapeutic effect of coblation nucleoplasty with prolonged conservative treatment.

Methods: Sixty-one patients with cervical discogenic dizziness and a positive intradiscal diagnostic test eligible for single-level cervical coblation nucleoplasty were included in the study.

Anterior cervical decompression and fusion surgery for cervicogenic headache: A multicenter prospective cohort study.

Background: Cervicogenic headache (CEH) has long been recognized as a referred pain deriving from pathological changes in the upper cervical nerves. However, previous clinical studies found that anterior lower cervical discectomy for the treatment of cervical myelopathy and/or radiculopathy can also help relieve associated headaches. To date, there is still a lack of large sample and prospective study to investigate the effect of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) on CEH associated with cervical spondylosis.

Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion Surgery for Cervical Spondylosis with Concomitant Tinnitus: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study.

Objective: Cervical spondylosis is often accompanied by tinnitus. Up to now, there is a lack of large samples and prospective studies to investigate the effect of anterior cervical decompression and fusion (ACDF) on tinnitus associate with cervical spondylosis. To this end, we performed a prospective cohort study to assess the effectiveness of ACDF on the relief of tinnitus.