There are 12 thoracic vertebrae in the thoracic region. There are 5 lumbar vertebrae in the lumbar region. There are 5 sacral vertebrae, which are fused as one bone and known as the sacrum, in the ...

Newswatch 16's Kerry Kearns talked to a neurosurgeon at UPMC about the connection between the brain and spinal cord and when ...

Sciatic nerve pain (also called sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy) affects your lower back and can radiate to the thighs and ...

The lumbar curve sweeps forward. The sacral curve opposes ... a problem with the sciatic nerve that can cause pain and other ...

Stress fracture of the sacroiliac joint is rare and may present with symptoms similar to those of low back pain. According to the literature ... they may reveal signs of irritation of sacral nerve ...

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

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 ...

Manifestations vary according to the nerve ... identify the sacral hiatus. Administer the local anesthetic to the skin, and then insert the Tuohy or Coudé epidural needle or spinal needle.