cauda equina Flashcards
symptoms of CES
LOW BACK PAIN
INCONTINECE OF BOTH both constipation or incontentince and erectile dysfcntion
SADDLE ANAESTHESIA - wiping tissue
RADICULAR PAIN- can be alternating or both
gait abnormalities
definition of radicular pain
pain that starts from the back and spreads into the legs
where is the most common place for herniated disc
lumbar
what does a herniated disc cause and why
it compresses the nerve roots
what can cause herniated disc
trauma
injury
natural age
what does a herniated disc commonly cause
lower back pain
dx of lower back pain
- herniated disc
- cauda quina
- fracture of vertebrae
part of the disc anatomy
outer annulus fibrosis -tough
nucleous pulposus - jelly like
function of discs?
cushion and act as shoc absorberd
less friction between the bones
how does a herniated disc happen
jelly like subatnce pushes outwards
what can cause sciatica
- A herniated disc
- piriormis muscle contacting and putting pressure on it
symptoms of sciatica
- numbness of leg
- weakness of the leg
which muscle does the sciatic nerve pass under
pririformis
causes of CES
herniates disc- most common
tumour
trauma
tx CES
refer to surgery dor decompression
if its malignancy use sterodis
