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Ingrid Hoeritzauer^1,2, Mhairi Paterson¹, Aimun A B Jamjoom^1,2

¹Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.

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Clinician agreement on cauda equina syndrome (CES) categories is low, even for experienced surgeons. These classifications should be used cautiously in clinical practice and research due to potential heterogeneity.

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Clinical neurology
Spinal cord injury research

Background:

Cauda equina syndrome (CES) necessitates urgent surgical decompression and imaging.
Prognosis and management of CES can be influenced by symptom severity and type.
Existing CES categories aim to standardize patient grouping for management and prognostication.

Conclusions:

Current categorization of cauda equina syndrome (CES) demonstrates low inter-rater reliability among clinicians.
The heterogeneity within CES patient groups, as defined by current categories, suggests caution in their use for clinical decision-making and research.
Further refinement of CES classification systems may be needed to improve consistency and comparability in patient management and research outcomes.