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A Successful Outcome Despite Delayed Intervention for Cauda Equina Syndrome in a Young Patient with a Posterior Epidural Disc Extrusion

Epidural disc extrusion is extremely rare and may cause cauda equina syndrome. This is a surgical emergency and needs rapid decompression. Although cauda equina is commonly caused by disc herniation, this is an unusual presentation with epidural disc extrusion. We present a very rare case of Cauda E...

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Autores principales: Mugge, Luke, Caras, Andrew, Miller, William, Buehler, Mark, Medhkour, Azedine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6624152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31312571
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4645