Conjoined lumbosacral nerve roots: observations on three cases and review of the literature
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Conjoined lumbosacral nerve roots: observations on three cases and review of the literature.
Lumbosacral nerve root anomalies are a rare group of congenital anatomical anomalies. Various types of anomalies of the lumbosacral nerve roots have been documented in the available international literature. Generally speaking, these anomalies may consist of a bifid, conjoined structure, of a transverse course or of a characteristic anastomized appearance. Firstly described as an incidental fin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurocirugía
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1130-1473
DOI: 10.4321/s1130-14732006000100007