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Back / Leg pain & Incontinence and numbness around the anus or genitalia.

Symptoms of Loss of Sphincter Function

Back ± Buttock or leg pain BUT WITH disturbance of sphincter function (difficulty passing water, dribbling urine, faecal incontinence) ± loss of sensation in the perineum (around anus & buttock cleft ± vagina)
Low Back pain ± buttock pain

Presentation	Diagnosis	Options
Rapid onset of sometimes transient back ± leg pain with urinary overflow ± incontinence	Cauda Equina Syndrome – commonly large disc protrusion or sudden nerve root compression or alteration in nerve root blood supply	EMERGENCY decompression & discectomy with laminectomy ± posterior fusion within 8 hours often with residual neurological deficit

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