Track Categories
The track category is the heading under which your abstract will be reviewed and later published in the conference printed matters if accepted. During the submission process, you will be asked to select one track category for your abstract.
Improper functioning of the nervous system or spine leads to spinal diseases. Spondylitis, scoliosis, kyphosis and myelopathy are common spinal conditions. These disorders are usually fatal, and many patients are helpless before death because the spinal cord or nervous system is a delicate and important part of the body that helps maintain normal well-being. In some diseases like degenerative disk disease and lumbar disc degeneration, there is direct spine tissue degeneration. In degenerative disc disease and lumbar disc degeneration, there is direct spinal tissue degeneration. With the help of research fields, many tests and diagnostics are improving day by day to combat those challenges.
Many pregnant women suffer from stress due to their birth defects. Certain spinal deformities are among the most well-known birth deserts, and it is important to look at how they can be avoided and what types of treatment can be accessed. According to the National Institutes of Health, the majority of miscarriages occur in the middle of the first trimester. Birth defects may involve the structure or function of the body or the digestion of cells in the body. One of the most common birth defects involves the spine. Occult Spinal Dysraphism, Spina Bifida, Bifida Myelomeningocele, etc. are a few of them.
A spinal cord injury can lead to loss of muscle function and loss of sensation. It is a life-threatening condition that affects approximately 40 to 80 cases per million people worldwide and 250,000 to 500,000 individuals worldwide suffer from spinal cord injury. Spinal cord injuries include incomplete spinal cord injury and complete separation of the spinal cord injury line. Spinal cord injury is commonly caused by alcohol abuse, violence, and recreational and sports-related injuries. This includes tetraplegia, paraplegia, neuralgia, pneumonia and chronic pain.
Deterioration of the spinal discs is called degenerative disc disease. The rubber cushions that separate your vertebrae are called vertebral discs (the bones in your spinal column). They act as shock absorbers, allowing you to move, bend and twist comfortably. It is a natural component of ageing that causes deterioration of the spinal discs.
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a normal progression of the ageing process. Degenerative disc disease (DDD) is a pathological condition associated with the IVD that is associated with chronic back pain. There are different types of mechanisms of DDD (genetic, mechanical, expression). Efforts have been made to gain an understanding of the process of IVD degeneration through in vitro studies. These models aid our understanding of the disease process but are limited in that they do not come close to replicating the problems present with an in vivo model. Animal models have been developed to further understand the degenerative cascade of IVD degeneration in vivo and experimental therapeutics are being tested to prevent or reverse the process of DDD.
Spinal tumors can lead to compression of spinal nerves, causing loss of growth, movement, or sensation beneath the area of ​​the tumor. Spinal cord tumors are more common in people with Neurofibromatosis 2 and von Hippel-Lindau disease Spinal cord tumors can occur in or near the spinal cord. Spinal cord cancer is a relatively rare disease, affecting 1 in 140 men and 1 in 180 women during their lifetime. Primary spinal cord or column cancers arise from cells in the spinal cord or surrounding tissues.
The spinal cord is the most sensitive part of our body and if any abnormalities are detected, the patient should go for diagnostic and treatment procedures to solve the problem. Since the spine is highly sensitive, to be on the safe side, it is very important to choose a safe and correct diagnostic and treatment procedure to find out the exact mechanism and cause behind the spine abnormality and to treat the spinal disorder.
Biomechanics, the application of mechanical principles to living organisms, helps us understand how all the bony and soft spinal components individually and together help maintain spinal stability, and how trauma, tumors, and degenerative disorders produce destabilizing effects. Spinal stability is a fundamental requirement to protect neural structures and prevent early mechanical degeneration of spinal components. The literature reports several biomechanical and clinical definitions of spinal stability, but there is no consensus definition.
Spinal surgery helps treat spinal deformities, trauma, scoliosis, disc herniation, spinal stenosis, etc. Surgical techniques used to treat spinal disorders include endoscopic surgery, discectomy, laser surgery, kyphoplasty, electrothermal therapy, and spinal fusion.
In general, the goal of minimally invasive spine surgery (MIS) is to stabilize the vertebral bones and joints and/or relieve pressure on the spinal nerves often resulting from conditions such as spinal instability, bone spurs, and herniated discs, Scoliosis or spinal tumors. In contrast to open spine surgery, minimally invasive surgical approaches are faster, safer and require less recovery time.
Spinal cord stimulation therapy blocks pain signals before they reach the brain. A small device, similar to a pacemaker, delivers electrical pulses to the spinal cord. It helps people better manage their chronic pain and reduces the use of opioid medications. This may be an option if you suffer from chronic back, leg or arm pain that has not been relieved by other treatments. Spinal implants are used to treat disorders such as symptomatic degeneration of the intervertebral disc and facet joints unresponsive to conservative treatment, vertebral fractures, bone tumors, and spinal deformities such as adolescent and adult scoliosis.
Tissue engineering is a promising method used to treat SCI. It consists of three factors: scaffold, seed cell and growth factor. For the repair technique to be successful, the selection of the correct seed cell, scaffold and growth factor is essential.
SCI rehabilitation is a long process. Of course, a physical conditioning regimen is included (eg, strengthening muscles and relearning how to perform basic tasks). However, there is a mental and emotional component that helps you accept the extent of your spinal cord damage, loss of independence and financial burden.
The term spinal cord injury refers to damage to the spinal cord caused by injury (eg, car accident) or disease or degeneration (eg, cancer). There is no punctilious estimate of global prevalence of the same, but the estimated annual global incidence is 40 to 80 cases per million populations. Up to 90% of these cases are due to trauma, although the rate of traumatic spinal cord injury appears to be increasing. Each year, worldwide, 250000 to 500000 people suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI).