To the Editor: “Re: Controversy: Acute Cauda Equina Syndrome Caused by a Disk Lesion: Is Emergent Surgery the Correct Option?” by Mahadevappa et al; “Surgical Decompression Remains the Standard of Care,” by McLain et al

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, E-mail: wbdelongmd@gmail.com; wbdelong@frontier.comThe Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistics, Seattle, WA, E-mail: nayak@mwlight.com and moni@mwlight.comHealth Services Research and Policy University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, Rochester, NY, E-mail: leslie.laam@gmail.com.

Comment

W Bradford DeLong et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015.

. 2015 Oct 15;40(20):E1120.

doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001098.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, E-mail: wbdelongmd@gmail.com; wbdelong@frontier.comThe Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistics, Seattle, WA, E-mail: nayak@mwlight.com and moni@mwlight.comHealth Services Research and Policy University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, Rochester, NY, E-mail: leslie.laam@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Comment on

Acute cauda equina syndrome caused by a disk lesion: is emergent surgery the correct option?
Mahadevappa K, Persi A, Nesathurai S. Mahadevappa K, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 May 1;40(9):636-8. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000790. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015. PMID: 25608248 No abstract available.
Acute cauda equina syndrome caused by a disk herniation-is emergent surgery the correct option? Surgical decompression remains the standard of care.
McLain RF, Agrawal BM, Silverstein MP. McLain RF, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015 May 1;40(9):639-41. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000848. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2015. PMID: 25714850 No abstract available.