Medical realities of cauda equina syndrome secondary to lumbar disc herniation

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 348-352

  Shapiro, Scott ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Lumbar disc herniation; Lumbar laminectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033972564     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200002010-00015     Document Type: Article

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