A network of intersecting nerves is referred to as a nerve plexus. Nerves that serve the same part of the body merge into one large nerve or group of nerves via a plexus. The sacral plexus provides ...

Sacral fractures occur in approximately 45% of pelvic fractures. An associated neurologic injury of the lumbosacral plexus may occur in 25% of sacral fractures. 1 Sacral fractures typically result ...

Oxygenated blood begins its course down the chest through the thoracic aorta, a major blood vessel with branches that serve the chest muscles and lungs. This becomes the abdominal aorta. The abdominal ...

Sacral nerve stimulation for idiopathic chronic non‑obstructive urinary retention involves applying an electric current to one of the sacral nerves by an electrode placed through the corresponding ...