http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Surgeons investigated sexual function in 62 patients, 50 years and older, who had received extensive spinal–pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity at the University of Virginia Health Center. Based on their results, the surgeons found that it is very possible for older people to achieve satisfactory sexual function despite having extensive spinal–pelvic instrumentation. Details of this study are disclosed in "Sexual function in older adults following thoracolumbar to pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity. Clinical article," by Dr. D. Kojo Hamilton and colleagues, published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sexual-function-older-adults-thoracolumbar-pelvic.html Surgery Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:01 EST news288355093 (Medical Xpress)—Misha Ahrens and Philipp Keller, researchers with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have succeeded in making a near real-time video of most of a zebrafish's brain showing individual neuron cells firing. To create the video, as the team reports in their paper published in the journal Nature Methods, the two developed a type of modified light-sheet microscopy and used it in on genetically modified fish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-image-vertebrae-brain-cell-video.html Neuroscience Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:30:01 EST news282989661 Physician-researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson have developed a new, clinically meaningful scale of severity for diagnosing patients with cervical spinal stenosis. Their goal was to create a more accurate scale than the current "mild, moderate or severe" designations used for patients with this condition, a narrowing of the spinal canal in the neck. Researchers sought to create a reproducible, clinically validated classification of central cervical stenosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anatomically-based-classification-cervical-spinal.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Mar 2013 01:00:02 EST news282939053 Researchers at Western University have made a breakthrough that could lead to a better understanding of a common form of arthritis that, until now, has eluded scientists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-breakthrough-arthritis.html Medical research Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:04:56 EST news273773086 (HealthDay)—Customizing the end plate geometry of intervertebral disc implants correlates with improved load distribution and stiffness, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in The Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-customized-disc-implant-plates.html Surgery Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:48:36 EST news270830900 (HealthDay) -- For postoperative patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS), preservation of vertebral motion segments allows for greater distribution of functional motion, according to a study published in the May 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-lowest-fused-vertebral-linked-motion.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 May 2012 16:30:02 EST news255884781 With less than a 0.5 mm margin of error, Neuroglide, the robot developed by researchers in the robotics lab, allows for the placement of screws in small vertebrae with unequaled precision. KB Medical is the start-up being founded to get this product on the market. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-millimeter-spinal-column.html Other Fri, 04 May 2012 09:40:01 EST news255341974 A new study indicates that many patients undergoing spine surgery have low levels of vitamin D, which may delay their recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-vitamin-d-common-spine-surgery.html Health Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:19:05 EST news239516307 Neurosurgery researchers at UC Davis Health System have used a new, leading-edge stem cell therapy to promote the growth of bone tissue following the removal of cervical discs -- the cushions between the bones in the neck -- to relieve chronic, debilitating pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-neurosurgeons-adult-stem-cells-neck.html Neuroscience Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:13:30 EST news234540776 The way that clinicians report outcomes of surgery for a traumatic nerve injury involving the arm is not standardized, and it is thus difficult to compare the efficacy of different surgical treatments, according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. In a second HSS study, investigators say they have developed a tool to measure outcomes that they hope can be refined and used worldwide. Both studies will be presented at the International Symposium on Brachial Plexus Surgery, which will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, May 19-21. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-tool-outcomes-arm-surgery-devastating.html Other Fri, 20 May 2011 05:26:28 EST news225087966