nderstanding cauda equina syndrome (UCES)

HS Lothian0 个研究点目标入组 659 人开始时间: 2018年7月31日最近更新: 2023年1月9日

适应症

试验速览

2018 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30552283/ protocol (added 10/12/2020) 2022 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36315989/ Demographics of Scotland wide data (added 02/12/2022) 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36426378/ (added 02/12/2022)

•1. Over 18 years old
•2. Admitted to a specialist spinal service in the UK between 1st June 2018 and 31st May 2019
•3. Capacity to provide informed consent for participation in this study
•4. Diagnosis of clinical CES and structural compression of the cauda equina on imaging as determined by the treating clinician. Clinical CES includes any disturbance of saddle sensation, bladder function, bowel function, sexual dysfunction and bilateral sciatica associated with radiological compression of the cauda equina. The cauda equina compression can be due to any cause, including, but not limited to, disc, tumour, infection, etc

•1. Patients under 18 years old
•2. Patients undergoing emergent decompression for unilateral motor or sensory symptoms (eg foot drop), without clinical evidence of CES
•3. Patients referred with suspected CES where the diagnosis is not confirmed, for example patients with the clinical symptoms and signs of CES without radiological evidence of cauda equina compression
•4. Patients not admitted to participating spinal centres in the UK
•5. Patients admitted to a participating spinal centre before 1st June 2018 or after 31st May 2019
•6. Patients who are unable to provide informed consent for participation in this study

发起方

HS Lothian