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ArticleNeurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)2023

Cauda equina syndrome by extrusion of lumbar disc after lumbar sympathetic neurolysis.

Minhyun Kim, Hyuckgoo Kim

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Article in Neurosciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Minhyun KimFrom the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Hyuckgoo KimFrom the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Yeungnam University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 56-year-old woman experienced persistent excruciating pain with peroneal nerve injury in the anterior aspect of the lower leg after knee surgery. In our pain clinic, we diagnosed the patient with complex regional pain syndrome and performed lumbar sympathetic neurolysis (LSN) with absolute alcohol at the 3rd lumbar vertebra (L3). After the next follow-up, she complained of continuous dull low back pain, anal dysregulation, and fecal incontinence. We performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to rule out other existing pathologies of back pain. On MRI, the nucleus pulposus was moderately extruded to the central zone with inferior sequestration at L2/3, and moderate central canal stenosis was observed at L2/3. She underwent partial laminectomy with discectomy at L2 level. We were not sure of the cause of disc herniation, but we strongly suspected that LSN at the L3 vertebral level was related to the pathology. Therefore, we discuss this unusual case.

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Cauda EquinaCauda Equina SyndromeIntervertebral Disc DisplacementFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraeLumbosacral RegionMiddle AgedPain

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PMID36617447
PMCPMC9987630
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