Thursday 02 May 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7085
Date Request Received: 21/03/2023 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 04/04/2023 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Cauda Equina Syndrome
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: How many patients were diagnosed clinically and radiologically with CES at the Emergency Department and by the Orthopaedic/Spinal Surgeons and/or underwent decompression or related surgery at your NHS Trust which perform spinal surgery: i. Incomplete cauda equina syndrome ii. Complete cauda equina syndrome | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see the Excel spreadsheet attached which contains our response to this question. Please note we are unable to identify from the diagnosis coding whether the patients were diagnosed with incomplete or complete cauda equina syndrome. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_7085 - Cauda Equina Syndrome FOR ISSUE.xlsx | |
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