Abstract
Low back pain is a common presentation that is often managed conservatively. However, in this patient, severe worsening pain on a background of chronic back pain after injury is a neurosurgical emergency.
Article Extract
As a GP working in your own practice and the local hospital emergency department (ED), you care for many patients with low back pain. Since a close relative underwent spinal surgeries, you have maintained an interest in ‘back pain’ and feel comfortable assessing and managing patients with this complaint.
