(n.) That part of the vertebral column which is directly connected with, or forms a part of, the pelvis.
Example Sentences:
(1) The popularly used procedure in Great Britain is that in which a sheet of Ivalon sponge is sutured to the sacrum and wrapped around the rectum thus anchoring it in place.
(2) Using conventional methods, nonunion is common when long scoliosis fusions are extended to the sacrum.
(3) We suggest that incomplete development of the bones of the dorsal neural arches of the upper sacrum may be a marker of incomplete neurogenesis of the sacral nerves.
(4) The authors describe two types of pelvic obliquity--total pelvic obliquity in which the sacrum is the lowest vertebra of the lumbar curve and subtotal pelvic obliquity in which there is some compensation between L5 and the sacrum.
(5) This avascular space permit to made there surgically procedures such Lockart-Mummery to attach rectum to sacrum.
(6) Observed complications with special attention to injuries to the lumbosacral plexus were correlated with the classification of the sacrum and pelvis, as well as with a detailed analysis of the fracture pattern and fracture characteristics.
(7) Ten fresh human cadaveric spine specimens including from L1 to sacrum (six specimens) and ilium (four specimens) were studied.
(8) The 11C-activity distribution was then followed in vivo by scanning above thorax, head, liver, thigh and os sacrum; simultaneously the 11c-activity of the blood was also followed by batch measurement.
(9) From the various parts of the sacrum (body, facets, alae and laminae) distinct sets of trabeculae extend towards the auricular surface.
(10) Almost fifty percent of the fractures of the sacrum and two thirds of the injuries of the iliosacral joint in our series could not be diagnosed on conventional examinations.
(11) In addition she had pressure sores over both trochanters and the sacrum.
(12) Type A: The synovial membrane is all around attached to the margin of the articular facet of the superior articular process of the sacrum.
(13) This study is a retrospective review of 43 adult patients with idiopathic or congenital scoliosis who had spinal fusion from T11 or above to the sacrum.
(14) Radiculo-medullary compression characterized the rare cases with involvement of the vertebral column or the sacrum.
(15) In patients with injury to the sacro-iliac joints or of the sacrum, the extent of the injury and the degree of pelvic instability was better shown by CT. All other bony lesions, such as fractures of the ilium, pubis, ischium or the symphysis could be diagnosed adequately by simple radiographs.
(16) The positional inclines of sacrum, upper lumbar and thoracic areas were significantly smaller in the scoliotics, resulting in smaller lumbar lordosis and thoracic kyphosis in them (P less than 0.001).
(17) The major findings include buttock tenderness extending from the sacrum to the greater trochanter and piriformis tenderness on rectal or pelvic examination.
(18) The CD system using sacral pedicle and alar screws in the adult patient does not appear to offer advantages over alternative techniques for achieving arthrodesis to the sacrum for adult deformity.
(19) The specific and complementary investigations revealed the absence of the left half of sacrum, coccyx, together with the left iliac bone, ischium and pubis.
(20) Through a posterior approach, the sciatic roots are released and two long screws are set through the sacrum.
Vertebrae
Definition:
(pl. ) of Vertebra
Example Sentences:
(1) It is concluded that during exposure to simulated microgravity early signs of osteoporosis occur in the tibial spongiosa and that changes in the spongy matter of tubular bones and vertebrae are similar and systemic.
(2) It is suggested that the Japanese may have lower trabecular bone mineral density than Caucasians but may also have a lower threshold for fracture of the vertebrae.
(3) The various changes were accompanied by a marked reduction in the overall wet weight of the vertebrae.
(4) The BMD of the 2nd to 4th lumbar vertebrae was measured and the mean density presented as g cm-2.
(5) All the vertebrae were agenetic below the thoracic segments in the other rat fetus.
(6) Neusticosaurus species are easiest separated by their number of presacral vertebrae.
(7) This was followed by a gradual density increase such that by 1 year postoperatively, in 60% of the subjects, the density of these vertebrae was higher than the preoperative level.
(8) The characteristic injuries were compression wedge-shaped fractures, multiple fractures of the vertebrae, comminuted and traumatic spondylolistheses and dislocation fractures.
(9) They make it possible to dissect, by spending minimal time and making less efforts, the vertebral canal both within several vertebrae and its nearly full length, providing a wide view of the spinal cord, rootlets, and intervertebral ganglia.
(10) The Authors describe the moniliform structure of dorsal aorta of the Cyprinus carpio L., which has successive swellings and constrictions, strictly corresponding to each vertebra.
(11) He also had multiple follicular and papillary thyroid carcinomas with a metastatic lesion in the lumbar vertebrae.
(12) In older children, there were a low vertebral signal and disappearance of the disc-vertebra borders on T1-weighted images and a high vertebral signal with a decreased and flattened disc signal on T2-weighted images.
(13) Hyperthermia was applied in the region of the vertebral column between the cervical vertebrae 5 and thoracic 2, using a ring-shaped applicator operating at a microwave frequency of 434 MHz.
(14) The authors report on their experience with 23 patients with destructive disease of the vertebrae.
(15) In 20 patients, vertebral deformities were limited to 1 or 2 mid-thoracic vertebrae, and the mean CaBI values for these 20 patients was 0.81 (0.15), equal to that for patients without any vertebral deformity.
(16) Both conditions are inherited and characterised by malformed thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
(17) The injured vertebra is grafted through the pedicle, giving security against late collapse after device removal.
(18) The authors describe two types of pelvic obliquity--total pelvic obliquity in which the sacrum is the lowest vertebra of the lumbar curve and subtotal pelvic obliquity in which there is some compensation between L5 and the sacrum.
(19) Although anterior and posterior traumatic displacement of cervical vertebrae are commonly noted, and the devastating neurological deficits associated with these injuries have been amply defined, lateral displacement with fractures has been rarely recognized, and the clinical significance of this injury has been overlooked.
(20) The T-1 nerve root obstructs posterolateral access to the T-1 vertebra, necessitating an inferolateral approach underneath the T-1 nerve root axilla.