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Current management review of thoracolumbar cord syndromes.

Kristen E KE Radcliff, Christopher K CK Kepler, Lawrence A LA Delasotta, Jeffrey A JA Rihn, James S JS Harrop, Alan S AS Hilibrand, Todd J TJ Albert, and Alexander R AR Vaccaro

Spine J 11(9):884-92 (2011) PMID 21889419

Injuries to the thoracolumbar spine may lead to a complex array of clinical syndromes that result from dysfunction of the anterior motor units, lumbosacral nerve roots, and/or spinal cord. Neurologic dysfunction may manifest in the lower extremities as loss of fine and gross motor function, touch, pain, temperature, and proprioceptive and vibratory sense deficits. Two clinical syndromes sometimes associated with these injuries are conus medullaris syndrome (CMS) and cauda equina syndrome (CES).

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.07.022
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