Sciatica

  Low back pain is a very common condition affecting 80% of the population during their lifetime. The back pain could cost about 100  billion $ per annum. In the UK, back pain accounting for 11% of the total disability. Classically presents with pain between the lower ribs to buttock creases. In the majority of…

A surgical emergency where the patient needs urgent decompression of the cauda  (the bunch of the nerves at the lower end of the Spinal cord). The patient usually presents with the following symptoms: Bladder disturbances –  urinary retention, loss of desire to pass urine or sudden reduction in flow or overflow. Dysfunction in bowel function Sexual dysfunction…