How to assess the long-term recovery outcomes of patients with cauda equina syndrome before surgery: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Factors influencing recovery after decompression surgery for cauda equina syndrome (CES) are not completely identified. We aimed to investigate the most valuable predictors (MVPs) of poor postoperative recovery (PPR) in patients with CES and construct a nomogram for discerning those who will experience PPR.

Methods

356 patients with CES secondary to lumbar degenerative diseases treated at *** Hospital were randomly divided into training (N=238) and validation (N=118) cohorts at a 2:1 ratio. Moreover, 92 patients from the **** Hospital composed the testing cohort. Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator regression (LASSO) was used for selecting MVPs. The nomogram was developed by integrating coefficients of MVPs in the logistic regression, and its discrimin

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11254269 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature