Cauda equina syndrome treated by surgical decompression: The influence of timing on surgical outcome

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2143-2151

  Qureshi, Assad ^a   Sell, Philip ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cauda equina syndrome; Herniated nucleus pulposus; Surgical outcome; Timing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; LEG PAIN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL ROOT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUDA EQUINA; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 37249043207     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0491-y     Document Type: Article

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