title: Acute cauda equina syndrome caused by a disk lesion: is emergent surgery the correct option?
authors.affiliation: *Mayaro District Health Facility, Eastern Regional Health Authority, Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago †Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; and ‡Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hamilton Health Sciences, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, and School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Karthik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mahadevappa
authors.forename: Adriano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Persi
authors.forename: Shanker
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nesathurai
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications