Delayed post-traumatic cauda equina compression syndrome.
Acute lumbosacral fracture-dislocation is an unusual injury. A delayed cauda equina injury accompanying the fracture-dislocation is seldom encountered. We report a cauda equina lesion complicating an acute lumbosacral fracture-dislocation 3 weeks postinjury. The patient had been trapped in a knee-elbow position under an overturned vehicle. Symptoms were relieved following posterior decompression and fusion from L5 to S1.
D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007796:Laminectomy; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D013123:Spinal Fusion; D013997:Time Factors