Julie Woodfield, Simon Lammy, Aimun Ab Jamjoom, Mohammed Ag Fadelalla, Phillip C Copley, Mohit Arora, Stella A Glasmacher, Mohamed Abdelsadg, Gabrielle Scicluna, Michael Tc Poon, Savva Pronin, Andraay Hc Leung, Stacey Darwish, Andreas K Demetriades, Jennifer Brown, Niall Eames, Patrick Fx Statham, Ingrid Hoeritzauer
Introduction Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) has significant medical, social and legal consequences. Understanding the number of people presenting with CES and their demographic features is essential for planning healthcare services to ensure timely and appropriate management. We aimed to establish the incidence of CES in a single country and stratify incidence by age, gender, and socioeconomic status. As no consensus clinical definition of CES exists, we compared incidence using different diagnostic criteria. Methods All patients presenting with radiological compression of the cauda equina due to degenerative disc disease and clinical CES requiring emergency surgical decompression during a one-year period were identified at all centers performing emergency spinal surgery across Scotland...
October 31, 2022: Neuroepidemiology