Each facet joint is connected to a capsular ligament. The cauda equina is a fanning bundle of lumbar and sacral nerve roots exiting the spinal cord. The cordtypically terminates at the L1-L2 level ...

The cauda equina is the lumbar and sacral nerve roots extending from the lowest part of the spinal cord. It fills the thecal sac from approximately L2 to S1. Symptoms include urinary retention or ...

Sacral spinal nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence: multicentre study. Lancet 363 , 1270–1276 (2004). Article PubMed Google Scholar ...

At the lower end, the 11 lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal dermatomes are often grouped together as the lower extremity dermatomes. A spinal nerve root is a bundle of nerve fibers that branches off ...

New research confirms that sacral nerve stimulation is a feasible ... for overactive bladder is hypothesized to correct deficient spinal inhibitory signals, which would suppress detrusor ...

The lumbar curve sweeps forward. The sacral curve opposes the direction ... a common cause of sciatica—a problem with the ...