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Large central lumbar disc herniation causing acute cauda equina syndrome with loss of evoked potentials during prone positioning for surgery

BACKGROUND: Few studies in the literature discuss operative positioning for lumbar surgery precipitating acute cauda equina syndromes (CES). CASE DESCRIPTION: A 56-year-old male with a large L2-3-disc herniation was placed prone on a Jackson table. He immediately lost all motor and sensory evoked po...

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Autores principales: Ammar, Adam, Zarnegar, Reza, Yassari, Reza, Kinon, Merritt
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29629233
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sni.sni_482_17