
PVR = Post-voiding residual
- Low Back Pain, bilateral Leg pain
- Saddle Sensation Test → Saddle (perineal) anaesthesia
- “When you wipe yourself after, do you feel different?”
- !BBD
- urinary retention (unable to void), followed by urinary overflow
- unrecognized fecal incontinence
Treatment
- Surgical Emergency → Call Ambulance
- 48 hours window before permanent damage
- Decompression surgery/vertebral disc dissection