title: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: W Bradford
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: DeLong
authors.forename: Nayak L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Polissar
authors.forename: Moni B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Neradilek
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Laam
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000150:complications*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy