Sharing the Lived Experience of Public Housing: A Critical Discourse Analysis and Perspectives from Residents of Public Housing in London, Ontario

This paper examines the extent to which media and government discourse about public housing differs from the lived experience of public housing residents. It uses case studies of the two largest and most negatively stereotyped public housing communities in London, Ontario – Limberlost and Southdale – and it argues that there are three distinct discourses surrounding public housing in the city. The first discourse is the media, which was analyzed using a media review of the largest media outlet, the London Free Press; the second discourse is the London and Middlesex Housing Corporation (LMHC), which was investigated using a government policy review; and the third discourse is the residents themselves, whose perspectives were studied using focus groups. The findings reveal a counter narrative between public housing residents and mainstream policy discourse that is often used by policy makers

Intravascular Injection of Contrast During Lumbar Discography: A Previously Unreported Complication

Objective.  Report a case of intravascular contrast injection during lumbar discography. Setting.  An academic University spine center. Patient.  Forty-year-old woman with L5-S1 degenerative disk disease and persistent low back pain. Intervention.  The patient failed to respond to multiple conservative treatments. In consideration of surgical treatment, discography was requested. Results.  A 22G needle was inserted to the central nucleus by a left posterolateral approach. Discography was performed at L4-5 and L5-S1. Testing was performed with pressure manometry, beginning with the L4-5 disk. The pressure increased with contrast injection in the manner of a normal disk. At 45 psi there was a sudden drop to 20 psi. Lateral views obtained during contrast injection demonstrated flow from a central nucleogram cephalad into the anterior epidural space. Images obtained with live fluoroscopy demonstrated a vascular flow pattern, confirmed with lateral and anterior-posterior views. The needle tip was repositioned anterior and superior. Repeat injection resulted in an identical vascular pattern. From the time the pressure dropped, contrast flowed in the vascular pattern without propagation of the nucleogram or increase in intradiscal pressure. The patient was asymptomatic throughout the injection at L4-5. Injection at L5-S1 demonstrated a severely degenerative nucleogram and reproduced the patient's usual low back pain. Conclusions.  Vascular uptake of contrast can occur during lumbar discography, even when the needle tip is ideally located.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73849/1/j.1526-4637.2008.00532.x.pd

¿Cuestión de contexto? Aspectos jurídicos y políticos de la comprensión de los símbolos totalitarios

[ES] La prohibición de los símbolos de los regímenes totalitarios está generalmente aceptada en Europa, aunque constituye una notable limitación de la libertad de expresión. La razón legítima para ello es la situación histórica en la que las víctimas de los regímenes totalitarios aún conviven con nosotros, y las democracias relativamente jóvenes quieren evitar el retorno de ideas tóxicas y dictaduras. La peculiaridad del discurso simbólico es que los símbolos utilizados pueden tener múltiples significados, por lo que puede ser necesario castigar el uso de estos símbolos sólo en caso de promover sistemas e ideologías totalitarias. Este artículo pretende analizar la normativa legal centroeuropea (y los giros en húngaro) y los casos derivados de la prohibición; señalando la coherencia con la que los tribunales tienen en cuenta el contexto del uso de los símbolos y el trasfondo histórico de los mismos.[EN] The ban of symbols of totalitarian regimes is generally accepted in Europe although constituting a remarkable limitation on the freedom of expression. The legitimate reason for this is the historical situation in which the victims of totalitarian regimes still live with us, and the relatively young democracies want to prevent the return of toxic ideas and dictatorships. The peculiarity of symbolic speech is that the symbols used can have multiple meanings, so there may be a need to punish the use of these symbols only in case of promoting totalitarian systems and ideologies. This paper aims to analyse Central European (and the turns in Hungarian) legal regulation and cases arising from the prohibition; pointing out how consistently the courts take into account the context of the use of symbols and the historical background of symbols

Poster 260: Inadvertent Cervical Radicular Artery Injection Using a Pencil‐Point (Whitacre) Needle: A Case Report

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/147116/1/pmr2s216b.pd

The Use of Epidural Corticosteroids for Cervical Radiculopathy: An Interlaminar Versus Transforaminal Approach

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Poster 274: Revision Surgery after Plasma Disk Decompression for Treatment of Symptomatic Lumbar Intervertebral Disk Herniations

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Poster 259: A Quantitative Study of Morphologic Changes in the Lumbar Spine After Medial Branch Radiofrequency Neurotomy

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A Quantitative Study of Intervertebral Disc Morphologic Changes Following Plasma‐Mediated Percutaneous Discectomy

Objective To quantitatively evaluate interval magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI ) changes in disc morphology following plasma‐mediated percutaneous discectomy. Design/Setting A retrospective comparison of pretreatment and posttreatment MRIs at a single university spine clinic. Subjects From a group of 60 consecutively treated patients, 15 met the study inclusion and exclusion criteria. All had either failed treatment or had other clinical reasons for a posttreatment MRI . Methods Two independent physicians electronically measured disc protrusion size and disc height at the treatment discs and adjacent discs on pre‐ and posttreatment MRI scans. Additionally, images were compared for gross anatomic changes including disc degeneration by P firrman classification, new disc herniations, high intensity zone ( HIZ ), vertebral endplate changes, post‐contrast enhancement, and changes in segmental alignment. P earson r correlation was used to determine interobserver reliability between the two physicians' MRI measurements. Paired t ‐tests were calculated for comparisons of pre‐ and posttreatment MRI measurements, and an ANOVA was performed for comparison of pre‐ to posttreatment changes in disc height measurements at treatment levels relative to adjacent levels. Results Correlation was high for measurement of disc height change ( r  = 0.89; P  < 0.0001) and good for anteroposterior protrusion size change ( r  = 0.51; P  = 0.0512). Disc height at treated discs demonstrated a small but statistically significant mean interval reduction of 0.48 mm ( P  = 0.0018). This remained significant when compared with the adjacent control discs ( P  < 0.0001). Pretreatment mean disc protrusion size (4.74 mm; range 3.75–6.55 mm) did not differ significantly ( P  = 0.1145) from posttreatment protrusion size (4.42 mm; range 2.55–7.95 mm). Gross anatomic changes at treatment levels included reduced disc protrusion size (N = 6), enlarged protrusion (N = 3), resolution of HIZ (N = 3), and improvement in endplate signal changes (N = 1). Also, 11/15 posttreatment MRIs included post‐contrast images that showed epidural fibrosis (N = 1), rim enhancement (N = 2), and enhancement of the posterior annulus (N = 4). Conclusions Based on MRI examinations, subtle anatomic changes may occur following plasma‐mediated percutaneous discectomy. Further study is required to determine the clinical relevance of these changes.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109360/1/pme12525.pd

Duration of Fluoroscopicâ Guided Spine Interventions and Radiation Exposure Is Increased in Overweight Patients

Peer Reviewedhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146881/1/pmr2291.pd