Sudden bilateral foot drop: An unusual presentation of lumbar disc prolapse

Neurology India

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-72

  Mahapatra, A K ^a   Gupta, P K ^a   Pawar, S J ^a   Sharma, R R ^a  

^a KHOULA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute disc prolapse; Cauda equina syndrome; Foot drop

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANAMNESIS; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; URINE RETENTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYRADICULOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0041302442     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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