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Which has a poorer outcome - cauda equina from disc compression, or cauda equina from inflammation or infection? thank you very much
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Acute vs Chronic pro: Damage to Cauda Equina set of nerves can occur with spinal disc disease but it has a much better prognosis in that patients can live with it for many years. That is not the cause with other causes like cancer or infections which tend to spread throughout the cerebrospinal axis and can be fatal unless medical therapy was used promptly and it worked well.
Answered 3/29/2018
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