title: Acute cauda equina syndrome. Diagnostic advantage of MRI.
abstract: Speed and completeness are vital in the radiographic evaluation of an acute cauda equina syndrome presentation to maximize its resolution with rapid appropriate surgical intervention. Magnetic resonance imaging provides the optimal method for non-invasive evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coscia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leipzig
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina; D017586:Diskectomy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed