neurologic disorders
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Treatment of Cauda Equina Syndrome
Surgery Usually corticosteroids Treatment focuses on the disorder causing cauda equina syndrome, usually by relieving compression. If cauda equina syndrome is causing sphincter dysfunction (eg, causing urine retention or incontinence), immediate surgery (eg, diskectomy, laminectomy) is required. Analgesics should be used as needed to relieve pain. If symptoms are not relieved with nonopioid analgesics, corticosteroids can be given systemically or as an epidural injection; however, analgesia tends to be modest and temporary. Corticosteroids can also reduce swelling. 