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Back pain 12 red flags

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Problem with water and bowel work

Loss of sensation over buttock
Weakness/ sensation problem
Trauma
Steroid
Weight loss
H/O cancer
Fever
Urinary infection
Immunosuppression
H/O spine surgery with in 12 mo
Drug abuse

Related FRCS concepts

Spinal Cord Injury Cervical Myelopathy Spinal cord Miscellaneous conditions (Spine)Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (Spine)

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← Waddell signs

Written/reviewed by Kishore Puthezhath

Professor of Orthopaedics and Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon

FRCS (Tr & Orth) revision resource

Reviewed: September 2026