EMG of pelvic floor muscles, single fibre EMG of external anal sphincter and both bulbocavernosus and anal reflexes were investigated in 31 men without sacral nervous system lesions and in 12 patients with neurogenic erectile impotence, of whom one had slight loss of sensitivity to pinprick in the lower sacral dermatomes. EMG and single fibre EMG abnormalities have been found concomitantly in e...

Sacral insufficiency fracture is a known complication after pelvic radiotherapy. The condition can be missed if clinical suspicion is not high er can be misdiagnosed as metastases. Imaging modalities play a vital role in correct diagnosis of this pathology. We describe intriguing ‘Butterfly sign’/’Honda sign’ in sacro-iliac region on bone scan in a patient of carcinoma cervix. Further clinical ...

Sacral stress fractures can be particularly difficult to recognize and diagnose. Although uncommon, sacral stress fractures should be suspected in athletes, particularly female runners presenting with low back or buttock pain (2Y4,6). Sacral stress fractures are most commonly found in female distance runners, but also have been reported in other sports such as tennis, basketball, gymnastics, vo...

In order to investigate the dorsoventral relationship between the sacral plexus and the pudendal nerve in man, morphological examination was performed on one pelvic half of a male cadaver. The second and third spinal nerves were removed en bloc and sectioned serially for three-dimensional reconstruction imaging of the selected sections. Comparison of the sequential images revealed that the root...

According to the recent data, there are 4–5-local pig breeds left in Russia by now. Livni is among them. This breed characterized high fat content. Back has been analyzed earlier. We aimed assess morphometrics from other localizations pigs.
 Sacral, axillary, and perirenal samples 6-month-old Duroc were using morphological Raman-based techniques.
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Intraspinal bronchogenic cysts are rare congenital cystic lesions. In all the reported cases, the cysts have been located in the cervical, upper thoracic or thoracolumbar segments. We report the case of an intraspinal bronchogenic cyst in the sacral location. We present the case of a 5-month-old female with a skin dimple in the midline over the sacral vertebra. Magnetic resonance image of the l...

The Brindley procedure consists of a stimulator for sacral anterior-root stimulation and a rhizotomy of the dorsal sacral roots to abolish neurogenic detrusor overactivity. Stimulation of the sacral anterior roots enables micturition, defecation, and erections. This overview discusses the technique, selection of patients and clinical results of the Brindley procedure. The Brindley procedure is ...

Noninvasive functional magnetic stimulation (FMS) of the sacral nerve roots can activate gluteal muscles. We propose the use of sacral anterior root stimulator (SARS) implants to prevent ischial pressure ulcers in the spinal cord injury (SCI) population. In this study, we (1) investigated the acute effects of sacral FMS on ischial pressure, skin blood content, and oxygenation changes in people ...

BACKGROUND Currarino syndrome (CS) is a rare genetic condition that presents with the defining triad of anorectal malformations, sacral bone deformations, and presacral masses, which may include teratoma. Neurosurgeons are involved in the surgical treatment of anterior meningoceles, which are often associated with this condition. The accepted surgical treatment is a staged anterior-posterior re...

Conventional sacral anterior root stimulation (SARS) results in simultaneous activation of both, the detrusor muscle and the external urethral sphincter. We evaluated the possibilities of different neurostimulation techniques to overcome the stimulation induced detrusor-sphincter-dyssynergia and to achieve a physiological voiding. The literature was reviewed on different techniques of sacral an...