Meningitis symptoms can result from other causes Steroids leave patients' immune systems more vulnerable Meningitis hotline is 800-222-1222 NASHVILLE — As officials attempt to find the way tainted ...

For the study, patients were randomized in the operating room if a spinal fluid leak was seen after the dura was closed with the sutures. One hundred and two of the patients received the PEG hydrogel ...

Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale, in Lausanne, Switzerland, to design a soft, flexible electronic implant, which they say has the same ability to bend and stretch as dura mater, the ...

The tiny skinlike device attaches directly to damaged spinal cords and stimulates them as if they were connected to the brain. Here’s how we might fix spinal injuries in the future: with an implant ...

May 15, 2009 — The Neurological Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted unanimously to recommend approval of the DuraSeal Xact Sealant ...

A thin and flexible implant that can be applied directly to the surface of the spinal cord to administer electrical and chemical stimulation has been developed by scientists in Switzerland. The e-Dura ...

Researchers have created an ultra-flexible brain implant that may help restore injured spinal cords and nervous systems without inflammation or infection. "E-dura," named after the dura mater ...

Spinal implants have suffered similar problems as those in the brain—they tend to abrade tissue, causing inflammation and ultimately rejection by the body. Now an interdisciplinary research ...

A gel that creates a watertight seal to close surgical wounds provides a significant advance in the treatment of patients following spinal procedures, effectively sealing spinal wounds A gel that ...

It is a technology straight out of a science fiction film. French researchers have revealed a 'cyborg' implant which can be attached to the spine to help the paralysed walk again. The thin ribbon, ...