Novel Surgical Technique for Discogenic Cauda Equina Syndrome Transforaminal Intra Discal Access by Annulotomy outside Central Spinal Canal Sreedharan Namboothiri PE1*, Satishchandra Gore2 and Poorana Raja3 1Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon and Director of Spine Fellowships, Kovai Medical Centre and Hospitals, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641014, India 2Spine endoscopic surgeon Pune India 3Spine...

A 60-year-old woman transferred with suspected cauda equina syndrome lacked lower extremity pulses on arrival. She rapidly developed visceral malperfusion due to underlying type B aortic dissection, necessitating aortic fenestration with thrombectomy. Despite misdiagnosis and delayed treatment, she could ambulate 1 year postoperatively. Aortic dissection remains integral to the differential dia...

Gout or pseudogout, caused by deposition of crystals, rarely affects the spine. We report 4 cases with gout or pseudogout in the lumbar spine. Two had cauda equina syndrome and another 2 had spinal stenosis. To avoid unnecessary surgery, this should be considered in the differential diagnosis when treating patients with histories of gout or pseudogout for spinal problems.

INTRODUCTION Paragangliomas of filum terminale are rare benign tumors, arising from the adrenal medulla or extra-adrenal paraganglia. These lesions usually present with chronic back pain and radiculopathy and only two cases of acute neurological deficit have been reported in literature. PRESENTATION OF CASE A case with an acute paraplegia and cauda equina syndrome due to an hemorrhagic paraga...

The leukemias may cause neurologic dysfunction through either direct invasion of the nervous system or indirectly through cytopenias, or it may occur as a result of the necessarily vigorous treatment programs for leukemia. We report here a 24-year-old acute lymphoblastic leukemia patient who in her second cycle of hyper-CVAD chem therapy regimen (high-dose Ara-C and high-dose methotrexate) rece...

Summary of Background Data: Five cases of hemorrhage into a spinal neoplasm after spinal or epidural anesthesia are reported in the literature. Presentation ranges from severe low back pain to acute cauda equina syndrome. Methods: A case study of a patient who hemorrhaged into an intradural, extramedullary spinal cord mass was performed. A detailed literature review is also provided. Results: A...

In this case series we describe the diagnosis and surgical treatment of five cats affected by clinical cauda equina syndrome as a result of degenerative lumbosacral stenosis. Radiographic and magnetic resonance imaging findings confirmed the suspected diagnosis of disc-associated lumbosacral disease. Cauda equina decompression was achieved by dorsal laminectomy followed by dorsal annulectomy an...

We present a case of delayed presentation of a subdural haematoma causing cauda equina syndrome which occurred 96 hours after a spinal anaesthetic had been administered for an elective total hip replacement in an 86-year-old man. The patient had received low-molecular-weight heparin anticoagulation which had been delayed until 12 hours postoperatively. No other cause of the haemorrhage could be...

EXTRAMEDULLARY intrathecal granuloma formation is a rare complication of morphine administration via implanted drug delivery systems. We present a unique case of a granuloma adherent to the conus medullaris presenting as cauda equina syndrome. Practitioners should not assume that implantation of intrathecal catheters with their tips located at or below the conus medullaris will eliminate all ri...

Setting and participants. 283 patients aged 18 to 65 years with a 6to 12-week history of sciatica diagnosed by neurologist and with a radiologically confirmed disk herniation were enrolled. Patients who were pregnant or who had cauda equina syndrome, muscle paralysis, previous spine surgery, bony stenosis, spondylolisthesis, severe coexisting disease, or prior sciatica episode within 12 months ...