ORIFICE PROBE APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOF An orifice probe, particularly for detecting if a patient has or has a risk of having cauda equine syndrome and a method for using same, the probe having a body for insertion into the anus of a patient, a sensing device for measuring at least one of the rectal tone and perianal or rectal sensation, and an output device for yielding at least one of the measurement of the rectal tone of the patient and whether the patient has perianal or rectal sensation.
