Cauda equine syndrome and role of time of surgery

Abstract

Abstract
Obstract designed to assess the correlation between duration of the presentation of CES and the role of time of surgical decompresion where time of the illness was taking from beginning of the urinary complication whether it was in form of urinary retention or over flow enuresis until the time of surgical decompression , where 13 patients were selected with classical presentation of CES in different time periods of presentation and grouped in 3 groups with 4 days , less than week and less than 2 weeks after urinary complications who treated surgically by open discectomy and decompression of nerve root (roots ) of pathology and the result was concluded at 3 periods of follow up postoperativly in 1st week ,one month and 3 month according to 3 main data; improvement of backache and sciatica , power of leg muscles and urinary and bowel function.