Does a history of lumbar spine surgery predict radiological cauda equina compression in patients undergoing MRI for suspected cauda equina syndrome?

Authors :: Andreas K. Demetriades
Savva Pronin
Patrick Statham
Julie Woodfield
Ingrid Hoeritzauer
Jon Stone
Alan Carson
Source :: Pronin, S, Woodfield, J, Hoeritzauer, I, Carson, A, Stone, J, Statham, P F & Demetriades, A K 2019, ' Does a history of lumbar spine surgery predict radiological cauda equina compression in patients undergoing MRI for suspected cauda equina syndrome? ', British Journal of Neurosurgery, pp. 1-4 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02688697.2019.1687845
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: Informa UK Limited, 2019.
Abstract: Background: The clinical symptoms and signs of Cauda equina syndrome (CES) are non specific and poorly predictive of cauda equina compression on MRI. We aimed to establish whether a history of lumb...

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