%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated Bowel and Bladder Dysfunction following Single Level Lumbar Discectomy : A Rare Observation
%J Bangladesh Journal of Neurosurgery
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3329/bjns.v9i1.42934
%X Cauda equina syndrome is reported as a complication in 0.2% - 1% following lumbar disc herniation . The pathophysiologic mechanism of this complication and its management is yet poorly understood. Though some factors has postulated in different studies. In this case, patient¡¯s back pain and leg pain is satisfactorily improved with newly onset retention of urine followed by overflow incontinence and constipation after a single level lumbar discectomy. No abnormalities were seen on the postoperative imaging studies. This is a retrospective analysis of records and radiographs in a patient who developed acute bowel and bladder dysfunction after surgery for lumbar disc herniation
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