A 58-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital 3 weeks after lumbar surgery because of diplopia and fever. Left leg pain and a rash had preceded the fever and diplopia. A diagnosis was made.

Introduction Patients with symptomatic single-level combination of degenerative stenosis and low-grade spondylolisthesis are often treated by nerve root decompression and spinal fusion. The gold ...

Correspondence to Dr Radek Kaiser, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology, Charles University First Faculty of Medicine, Praha, 147 00, Czech Republic; Radek.Kaiser{at}uvn.cz Data sources ...

The spine has 24 individual vertebrae stacked from the skull to the sacrum. Intervertebral discs act as movable cushions for shock absorption between vertebrae. Facet joints, a common source of back ...

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) happens when nerve roots in the lower spinal cord are compressed, affecting bladder and leg function. If untreated, CES can lead to severe problems like leg paralysis and ...