Understanding Cauda Equina Syndrome

Summary

Cauda equina syndrome is a potentially devastating condition caused by compression of the cauda equina nerve roots. This can result in bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction plus lower limb weakness, numbness, and pain. Cauda equina syndrome occurs infrequently but has serious potential morbidity and medico-legal consequences. This study aims to identify and describe the presentation and management of patients with cauda equina syndrome in the United Kingdom using trainee research collaborative networks. This will provide accurate incidence figures, establish current clinical practice, allow assessment of the adherence to national published standards of care, and determine patient outcomes from this condition. Accurate, up to date information about the presentation, management, and outcome of patients with cauda equina syndrome will inform standards of service design and delivery for this important but infrequent condition and help to identify future research priorities.

Conditions

• Cauda Equina Syndrome

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NHS Lothian

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• University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

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• Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

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• East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

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• Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

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• Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

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• Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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• The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

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• King's College Hospital NHS Trust

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• Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

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• University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

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• Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

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• Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust

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• Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust

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• South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

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• Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

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• Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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• The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

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• Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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• University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

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• Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust

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• North Bristol NHS Trust

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• University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trust

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• Barts & The London NHS Trust

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• Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust

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• Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

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• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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• University College London Hospitals

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• Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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• University of Edinburgh

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Principal Investigators

• Julie Woodfield, MBChB PhD · University of Edinburgh

• Aimun Jamjoom · University of Edinburgh

• Ingrid Hoeritzauer, MBBChBAO · University of Edinburgh

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

120 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-06-01

Primary Completion

2022-01-08

Completion

2022-01-08

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations