Predicting Outcomes in Trauma Patients With Cirrhosis Using Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score: A Retrospective Study.

Background: Liver cirrhosis is associated with increased mortality in trauma victims. We stratified the impact of cirrhosis on trauma mortality by Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score.

Methods: Trauma center database was accessed for patients with established diagnosis of cirrhosis presenting 2014 - 2018, matched to control patients without cirrhosis in a 2:1 ratio by age, sex, and TRISS.

Intradural cauda equina Candida abscess presenting with hydrocephalus: case report.

Central nervous system (CNS) candida infections are often associated with a poor prognosis. Typically, CNS candidiasis presents as meningitis or microabscesses. Here, the authors report a patient with a challenging presentation of a CNS Candida infection as a discrete, large cauda equina abscess.

Posterior Epidural Migration of a Lumbar Disc Herniation Causing Cauda Equina Syndrome: A Case Report.

We report an uncommon case of posterior epidural migration of a lumbar disc fragment (PEMLDF) in a patient presenting with acute, progressive back pain, radiculopathy, and weakness. PEMLDF can be mistaken for neoplastic or infectious etiologies on imaging, presenting a diagnostic and management challenge. Our patient underwent an urgent decompressive lumbar laminectomy, which revealed a PEMLDF intraoperatively.