An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome

Volume: 33 Number: 3 September 1, 2007
  • Şeref Doğan
  • Alper Türkan
  • Başak Caner
  • Tolga Kaplan
  • Ahmet Bekâr
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An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome

Abstract

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) as a result of lumbar disc herniation is a rare entity and surgical treatment is mandatory. Ten patients with lomber disc herniation who were presented with CES symptoms were reviewed retrospectively. There were 8 female and 2 male patients with a mean age of 52.4±11.8. The major symptom was severe back and leg pain. All patients were operated on urgently. The mean follow-up were 2.65±0.9 years. Of 5 patients who were operated within 48 hours of onset of the symptoms, a significant improvement occured in 4 (80%) patients with urine retantion and in 3 (60%) patients with perianal hypoestesia. Three of the four patients had recovery of motor deficits, and also full recovery of the sexual dysfunction in one patient. Five patients were operated on after 48 hours. There were no improvement of the urinary dysfunction of 3 patients and the sexual dysfunction in one patient. Although the matter of the timing of surgery remains controversial, a significant improvement in sensory and motor deficits as well as urinary function occurred in patients who underwent decompression within 48 hours.

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Şeref Doğan This is me

Başak Caner This is me

Tolga Kaplan This is me

Ahmet Bekâr This is me

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September 1, 2007

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Year 2007 Volume: 33 Number: 3

APA
Doğan, Ş., Türkan, A., Caner, B., Kaplan, T., & Bekâr, A. (2007). An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, 33(3), 141-144. https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM
AMA
1.Doğan Ş, Türkan A, Caner B, Kaplan T, Bekâr A. An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2007;33(3):141-144. https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM
Chicago
Doğan, Şeref, Alper Türkan, Başak Caner, Tolga Kaplan, and Ahmet Bekâr. 2007. “An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting With Cauda Equina Syndrome”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33 (3): 141-44. https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM.
EndNote
Doğan Ş, Türkan A, Caner B, Kaplan T, Bekâr A (September 1, 2007) An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33 3 141–144.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Doğan, A. Türkan, B. Caner, T. Kaplan, and A. Bekâr, “An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome”, Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 141–144, Sept. 2007, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM
ISNAD
Doğan, Şeref - Türkan, Alper - Caner, Başak - Kaplan, Tolga - Bekâr, Ahmet. “An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting With Cauda Equina Syndrome”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty 33/3 (September 1, 2007): 141-144. https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM.
JAMA
1.Doğan Ş, Türkan A, Caner B, Kaplan T, Bekâr A. An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty. 2007;33:141–144.
MLA
Doğan, Şeref, et al. “An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting With Cauda Equina Syndrome”. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty, vol. 33, no. 3, Sept. 2007, pp. 141-4, https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM.
Vancouver
1.Şeref Doğan, Alper Türkan, Başak Caner, Tolga Kaplan, Ahmet Bekâr. An Urgent Situation of Back Pain: Lomber Disc Herniation Presenting with Cauda Equina Syndrome. Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty [Internet]. 2007 Sep. 1;33(3):141-4. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA95DH25DM

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