Cauda Equina Syndrome and Voiding Dysfunction: Pathophysiology and Clinical Approach Under the Light of the Literature

Kulaksizoglu H., Kaptan H.

NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY, vol.46, no.4, pp.187-191, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: NOROPSIKIYATRI ARSIVI-ARCHIVES OF NEUROPSYCHIATRY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.187-191
  • Keywords: Cauda equina syndrome, lumbo-sacral disc disease, voiding dysfunction, incontinence, LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL-DISK, DECOMPRESSIVE LAMINECTOMY, BLADDER DYSFUNCTION, URODYNAMIC FINDINGS, URINARY RETENTION, CONUS MEDULLARIS, SPINAL STENOSIS, HERNIATION, PROLAPSE, LESIONS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Cauda equina syndrome is a neurological state with bilateral ischiatic pain, lower extremity weakness, and bladder and bowel dysfunction due to multiple compressive neuropathies of the lumbar and sacral nerves. Even though the relationship between cauda equina syndrome and voiding dysfunctions is a well known fact, data on the clinical management of the condition is limited. The aim of this paper is to review the pathophysiological relationship between voiding dysfunctions and cauda equina syndrome and to refresh our knowledge about the clinical approach to this group of patients. (Archives of Neuropsychiatry 2009; 46: 187-91)