Fortunately, Spinal Cord Injuries are not that common in children. When they do occur, it is important to understand the typical mechanisms of injury in children and their special treatment needs...

Donna Ainsworth doesn't take anything for granted anymore. Not after surviving a Giant Aneurysm that first caused unbearable pain, then nearly blinded her in one eye, and finally almost killed her...

It is an odd thing but every now and then a news item will come out about a child with a “tail.”   What this often turns out to be is a small benign tumor that has developed on the lower part of their back called a lipoma.  While this makes for a sensational story, these lipomas can actually...

Just as you can't know a person just by their photo, surgeons can't make clinical decisions based solely on X-Ray or MRI images.  Whether the images look good or bad, they have to consider the whole person. This is especially true when it comes to a degenerative disorder involving the spinal cord...

Plain X-rays of the lower back are used as a general screening tool however do not provide an adequate amount of information to make a definitive diagnosis for the majority of spinal conditions. X-rays are useful to detect gross abnormalities of the vertebral bones or demonstrate widespread...