Review Question - QID 3736

A 32-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with two days of worsening back and leg pain after feeling a sharp pop in her low back after an episode of coughing. She complains of numbness in her perianal region and bilateral buttocks that she notices when wiping herself with toilet paper after urinating. She also reports she is having difficulty urinating and had some episodes of incontinence. She complains of bilateral leg pain that is worse on the left in the region of the anterolateral calf. On physical exam she has weakness to big toe extension of 3/5 and is unable to walk on her heels with the toes elevated. MRI of her spine is shown in figures A through C. After surgical intervention, which of her symptoms is least likely to improve?