Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report

Cauda equina syndrome is a neurosurgical emergency that requires prompt intervention to prevent irreversible spinal cord paralysis. This article describes how we managed a case of an obese pregnant patient who was placed in the prone position for surgery. We discuss the evidence behind the managemen...

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Autores principales: Speirs, Elizabeth, Wiles, Matthew, Bacon, Andrew, Radley, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25110580
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3310.1
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spelling pubmed-41111152014-08-07 Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report Speirs, Elizabeth Wiles, Matthew Bacon, Andrew Radley, Stephen F1000Res Case Report Cauda equina syndrome is a neurosurgical emergency that requires prompt intervention to prevent irreversible spinal cord paralysis. This article describes how we managed a case of an obese pregnant patient who was placed in the prone position for surgery. We discuss the evidence behind the management options and choice of operating tables available. F1000Research 2014-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4111115/ /pubmed/25110580 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.3310.1 Text en Copyright: © 2014 Speirs E et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication).
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Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
title Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
title_full Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
title_fullStr Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
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title_short Positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
title_sort positioning a proned patient with cauda equina syndrome who presents at 15 weeks gestation: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4111115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25110580
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