Outcomes Reported After Surgery for Cauda Equina Syndrome: A Systematic Literature Review.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

This is a systematic literature review following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses guidelines.

Objective

To assess the outcomes reported in trials and observational studies of surgery for cauda equina syndrome (CES), and to inform the development of a core outcome set.

Summary of background data

Scoping searches revealed that there were inconsistencies in which outcomes were reported and how they were measured in research studies for patients who had undergone surgery for CES.

Methods

Ovid Medline, Embase, CINAHL Plus, and trial registries were searched from January 1, 1990 to September 30, 2016 with the term "cauda equina syndrome." Inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied according to study design, diagno

SUBMITTER: Srikandarajah N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104724 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature