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...

Cauda equina syndrome refers to the simultaneous compression of multiple lumbosacral nerve roots below the level of the conus medullaris, resulting in a characteristic pattern of neuromuscular and urogenital symptoms.
Synonyms and related keywords: CES, lumbosacral nerve root compression, neuromuscular disorders, urogenital disorders, lumbar stenosis, lumbar disc herniation, spinal stenosis, incontinence
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an insult to the spinal cord resulting in a change, either temporary or permanent, in its normal motor, sensory, or autonomic function. The International Standards for Neurological and Functional Classification of Spinal Cord Injury is a widely accepted system describing the level and the extent...

Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) usually have permanent and often devastating neurologic deficits and disability.
The goals for the emergency physician are to establish the diagnosis and initiate treatment to prevent further neurologic injury from either pathologic motion of the injured vertebrae or secondary injury from the deleterious effects...

Last Updated: December 6, 2006
Synonyms and related keywords: ankylosing spondylitis, undifferentiated spondyloarthropathy, Marie-Strümpell disease, von Bechterew disease, von Bechterew's disease, spondyloarthropathies, SpAs, AS, rheumatoid spondylitis, USpA, peripheral enthesitis, sacroiliitis, Schober test, cauda equina syndrome, dactylitis, European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group criteria, Amor criteria, New York criteria, Rome criteria,...

Synonyms and related keywords: central stenosis, central canal stenosis, foraminal stenosis, intervertebral foramen stenosis, lateral gutter stenosis, lateral recess stenosis, stenosis, subarticular stenosis, subpedicular stenosis, spinal stenosis, neurogenic claudication, NC, lumbar spinal stenosis, LSS, neural compression, spinal canal narrowing, ligamentum flavum hypertrophy, facet hypertrophy of cephalad vertebra, vertebral body osteophytosis,...

Physicians assistant course notes on radiculopathy, myelopathy, neck ROM, neck hyperextension and hyperflexion injuries, vulnerable positions of the neck in rear end collision, initial treatment of cervical soft tissue injury, features & symptoms of acute cervical disk herniation (CDH), physical exam in cervical disk herniation, treatment and surgical indications in...

Author: John NK Hsiang, MD, PhD, Consulting Surgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Mason Medical Center
Contents - Introduction Indications Workup Treatment Complications Outcome And Prognosis Future And Controversies Bibliography
Synonyms and related keywords: spinal stenosis, lumbar stenosis, narrowing of the spinal canal, narrowing of the nerve root canals, narrowing of the intervertebral...