Cauda equina syndrome

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7699, 2009, Pages 881-884

  Lavy, Chris ^a   James, Andrew ^a   Wilson MacDonald, James ^a   Fairbank, Jeremy ^a  

^a NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DISCOMFORT; BLADDER FUNCTION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPINAL ROOT; URINE RETENTION; VASCULARIZATION;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67649237277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b936     Document Type: Review

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