L4-5 disk lesion resulting in back pain with bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction without paraparesis

Spinal Cord

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 228-230

  Nesathurai, S ^a   Jessiman, T L ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina lesion; Disk lesion; Fecal incontinence; Paraplegia; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTESTINE; MALE; MOTONEURON; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033056905     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100760     Document Type: Article

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