WHAT ON EARTH IS... CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME?
Mar 20, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS: ANGELA KENNEDY.
NORMALLY NOTHING TO worry about, back pain is a common health complaint that affects around one third of the adult population in the UK each year. But when does a twinge in your back signal the start of something more serious? Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) is a relatively rare spinal condition but one that rapidly becomes a medical emergency, requiring immediate surgery. Latest figures reveal 4,441 suspected cases of CES were investigated in the six months between October 2016 and March 2017, in the UK, with almost
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