Definition and surgical timing in cauda equina syndrome–An updated systematic review

• Mohammad A. Mustafa ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad A. Mustafa, George E. Richardson

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7703-0174

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• George E. Richardson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mohammad A. Mustafa, George E. Richardson

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5610-451X

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• Conor S. Gillespie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hlcgill2@liv.ac.uk

  Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9153-3077

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• Abdurrahman I. Islim,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Martin Wilby,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Simon Clark,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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• Nisaharan Srikandarajah

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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