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Background Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is a potentially devastating event resulting in life-changing long-term neurological disability. This may be visible disability such as impaired mobility, but will also involve invisible disability such as neuropathic pain, urogenital and bowel dysfunction, and psychological sequelae, alongside vocational and relationship issues. ### What are the national standards? 1. Patients with CES should be treated by specialist healthcare staff in spinal cord injury centres. 2. Early rehabilitation is crucial and provides the best chance of optimal management of persisting deficits, coping … |
