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Extradural Connections of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots

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Exposed lumbosacral region and its extradural spinal nerve root anomalous anatomy are often the subject of focused attention of many authors. The study results favour those realized on the cadaverous material. Several classifications were proposed aimed on the systemizing the found lumbosacral variations, we suggest also one. Anomalous lumbosacral nerve root anatomy should always be considered by the diagnosing examinations and also management of the lumboischialgic syndrome.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Viktor Matejčík, Andrej Šteňo & Juraj Šteňo

  2. Institute of Anatomy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Zora Haviarová

  3. The Health Surveillance Authority, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Roman Kuruc

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Matejčík, V., Haviarová, Z., Kuruc, R., Šteňo, A., Šteňo, J. (2019). Extradural Connections of the Lumbosacral Nerve Roots. In: Intraspinal Variations of Nerve Roots. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01686-9_14

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