Time is Spine - Spine Awareness Article by Dr Krishna Kumar R
" Time Is Spine " - Spine Awareness Article on Cauda Equina Syndrome by Dr Krishna Kumar R , Spine & Scoliosis Surgeon ( Unedited version of the article published in The New Indian Express 18/7/2023 ) TIME IS SPINE "Doctor we have a situation in emergency room", I received a call as I was scrubbed up for an elective spine surgery.. There was a lady in her late 20s brought to emergency room with severe back pain, weakness of both legs and not able to pass urine and constipated for about 10 days... She was being treated at a government teaching hospital in another district for about 2 weeks; admitted for 10 days and her condition just didn't improve; in fact it worsened to a stage that she was in a very critical situation-weak legs, bedridden and on urinary tube with severe pain... If one can pinpoint a diagnosis with the cluster of these symptoms ie acute severe back pain with weakness and numbness of legs with urinary bladder and bowel involvement( urinary ...