The lateral sacral arteries are among the arteries of the lower back. They have spinal branches, which supply blood to the sacral nerve rootlets, adjacent muscles, meninges, and sacrum. These arteries ...

The sacrum is a bone at the back of the pelvis between the hip bones. A sacral fracture can cause symptoms including lower back and buttock pain, swelling, and reduced bowel and bladder control.

Sacral insufficiency fractures are types of stress fractures that typically occur in older people, especially older people who were assigned female at birth with osteoporosis. As we age, our bodies ...

Compared with patients who underwent posterior spine fusion, patients who underwent lateral interbody fusion showed significantly improved lumbar lordosis and sacral slope, based on results of a study ...

Objective: Documentation of three-dimensional (3D) images of a giant sacral schwannoma with intrapelvic expansion. Setting: Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. Results: 3D computed tomography (3D CT) ...

Minimally invasive surgical fusion of the sacroiliac (SI) joint is done with the patient under general or spinal anaesthesia and in a prone position. Fluoroscopic guidance is used. Using a lateral ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sacral fractures occur in approximately 45% of pelvic fractures. An associated neurologic injury of the ...