Sciatica is present: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:59, 30 July 2013

Is either number 1 or 2 present?

1. Acute radiculopathy with any one of the following three findings:

OR

B. Saddle anesthesia (numbess of the buttocks and groin area)

OR

C. Bilateral neurological findings

OR

2. Rapid decline in muscle strength in a specific anatomic distribution (not generalized weakness, but weakness in the right leg for instance)

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-Is [[radiculopathy]] present?
+Is either number 1 or 2 present?
-====  [[radiculopathy present| Yes ]]====
-====  [[radiculopathy is not present| No ]]====
+. Acute [[radiculopathy]] with any one of the following three findings:
+:A. [[Urinary retention]]
+::OR
+:B. [[Saddle anesthesia]] (numbess of the buttocks and [[groin area]])
+::OR
+:C. Bilateral neurological findings
+::OR
+. Rapid decline in muscle strength in a specific anatomic distribution (not generalized weakness, but weakness in the right leg for instance)
+====  [[life threatening causes of back pain| Yes ]]====
+====  [[ acute onset of radiculopathy present| No ]]====