Cauda equina syndrome after elective lumbar spine surgery
Sebesta, P.; Stulík, J.; Vyskocil, T.; Kryl, J.
Acta Chirurgiae Orthopaedicae et Traumatologiae Cechoslovaca 76(6): 505-508
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5415 PMID: 20067699 Document Number: 633025
In this case study, three patients are presented who had incomplete cauda equina syndrome following elective lumbar spine surgery for degenerative disease. In all patients, the neurological symptoms developed due to post-operative arachnoiditis. Its aetiology, pathogenesis and diagnostics are discussed, as well as the methods of prevention and therapy which are still limited and often not beyond experimentation.