title: A Letter to the Editor regarding, "Time to Surgery and Outcomes in Cauda Equina Syndrome: An Analysis of 45 Cases." Critique of Bydon et al.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. Electronic address: wbdelongmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: W Bradford
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: DeLong
authors.affiliation: The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistics, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Nayak L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Polissar
authors.affiliation: The Mountain-Whisper-Light Statistics, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: Moni B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Neradilek
authors.affiliation: Health Services Research and Policy, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Laam
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery; D011128:Polyradiculopathy