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Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... fecal retention -> Overflow ... #CaudaEquina #Syndrome
Types of Urinary Incontinence:
Stress Incontinence
Urge Incontinence (Overactive Bladder Syndrome)
Overflow Incontinence
Reflex Incontinence
Mixed Incontinence

#Diagnosis #Urinary #Incontinence #Types #Comparison
Bladder Syndrome) Overflow ... #Stress #Urge #Overflow
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Overview Cauda ... Symptoms - Cauda ... decompression #CaudaEquina ... #Cauda #Equina
Types of Urinary Incontinence and Their Management:

The various types of urinary incontinence, along with the usual
, Urge, Mixed, Overflow ... #Stress #Urge #Overflow
Types of Chronic Urinary Incontinence

Type, Prevalence, Pathophysiology and Symptoms:
 - Stress
 - Urge
 - Mixed
 -
Urge - Mixed - Overflow ... #Urge #Mixed #Overflow
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
running water - Overflow ... cord disease, cauda
Stool Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Affected Pelvic Floor 
 - Trauma/Surgery
   • Surgery: Anorectal,
Impaction with overflow ... , Spinal Cord, Cauda
Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No CSF effacement 
  -
effacement of CSF; cauda ... Aggregation of cauda
Cauda Equina Syndrome:

Top tips to save your arse (and your patient’s!)

1. Suspect? Investigate. If CES (threatened,
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... DrLindaDykes #Cauda
Myotomes of the Spinal Cord
Each segmental nerve root innervates more than one muscle. For simplicity, certain
below this is the cauda ... The cauda equina