**3.4 Treatment**

In mothers with neurological dysfunction and less than 32 weeks of gestation, surgical decompression with foetal monitoring is advocated. In contrast, in mothers with neurological dysfunction and more than 32 weeks of gestation, a caesarean section followed by surgical decompression is advocated. Like in the general population, neurological dysfunction guides surgical intervention, not the presence of back pain or the size of the haematoma. Thus, in mothers without neurological dysfunction, close monitoring without surgical intervention is appropriate [17]. With such treatment most mothers are expected to make a complete (56%) or partial (38%) recovery.
