Spinal cord
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Retrospective review of patient data. ⋯ Our experience suggests that gabapentin offers an effective therapeutic alternative for the alleviation of neuropathic pain following spinal cord injury. Controlled clinical trials are now required to confirm these observations.
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Comparative Study
Pain classification following spinal cord injury: the utility of verbal descriptors.
To determine the predictive utility of verbal descriptors to distinguish between pain types following spinal cord injury (SCI). ⋯ In general, verbal descriptors alone offered marginal utility with regard to identifying specific pain types following SCI. Future directions alone and implications are discussed.
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Retrospective analysis of augmentation ileocystoplasty for neurogenic bladder. ⋯ Augmentation ileocystoplasty is a good treatment option for contracted bladder or VUR, which occurs in patients with neurogenic bladder.
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A survey of spinal cord injury patients attending a follow-up clinic in a Regional Spinal Injuries Centre. ⋯ Although the vast majority of people with spinal cord injury reported they wished to receive written information, a small proportion of patients did not wish to receive such information. Acceptance of written information is not universal and clinicians must ensure that provision of written information to people with spinal cord injury should be tailored to the needs of individual patients.
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A case report. ⋯ A healthy young woman, whose medical history revealed only a benign Duane syndrome and a few months' duration of bipolar disorder, contracted encephalo-myelitis due to a West Nile Virus infection. Although she recovered remarkably after long-term rehabilitation treatments, some weakness and pain remained.