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Description: Cauda Equina Syndrome Secondary to Lumbar Disc Herniation A Meta Analysis of Surgical Outcomes Spine Vol 25 No. 12 pp1523-1532
Introduction
* Definition of CES as a severe neurological deficit with clinical features of low back pain, sciatica, saddle anaesthesia, motor weakness, sensory deficit, urinary incontinence.
* CES is the primary absolute indication for the acute surgical treatment of lumbar disc herniation

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