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The Importance of Sacral Neuroanatomy in Pain Syndromes and Procedures
Author(s) -
Masoud Hashemi,
Sirous Momenzadeh,
Mohammad Taheri,
Shima Rajaei
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
interventional pain medicine and neuromodulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2772-8862
DOI - 10.5812/ipmn.116625
Subject(s) - medicine , plexus , lumbar plexus , weakness , surgery , defecation , pudendal nerve , decompression , sacrum , anatomy , nerve root , neuroanatomy , lumbosacral plexus , lumbar
: The neural plexus exists in different parts of the body. The sacral plexus is the lowest neural network in the body that is responsible for sensory and motor innervation to a large part of the body. The sacral plexus or sacral nerve roots may be damaged by diseases, such as disc herniation, spinal canal stenosis, and cancer or iatrogenic injuries during surgery or interventional pain procedures (open spinal surgeries, hip surgeries, percutaneous endoscopic disc decompression, trans-sacral epiduroscopic laser decompression, …). Patients with sacral nerve damage may experience a variety of symptoms, including low back pain radiating to the legs, sensory disturbance in the buttocks or legs, motor weakness in the legs, bladder or bowel dysfunction (urinary retention/incontinence, defecation’s problems), or sexual dysfunction. Therefore, complete familiarity with the anatomy of the sacral plexus is very important. In this article, we tried to review the anatomy of the sacral plexus and sensory or motor innervations of each terminal branch of the sacral plexus. Also, the clinical importance of these nerves in the development of pain syndromes and diagnostic and therapeutic methods for damage to the terminal branches of the sacral plexus were investigated.

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