The scan revealed a slipped disc, leading to a diagnosis of cauda equina syndrome (CES) – a severe condition where nerves at the base of the spine are severely compressed. This is the same ...

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This led to the patient developing a medical condition known as cauda equina syndrome, a compression of nerve roots at the bottom of the spinal cord severely affecting the patient’s life.

Brian Wheeler from Southampton was told he had less than a 20 per cent chance of walking again after being diagnosed with cauda equina syndrome. The condition left him paralysed from the waist down on ...