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Displacement of the Nerve Roots of Cauda Equina in Different Positions

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Nerve roots adopt relatively fixed positions inside the cauda equina. However, they may experience slight displacements following postural changes of the spine. Magnetic resonance images are obtained from patients in the supine position. This circumstance explains the predominant posterior location of the nerve roots within the cauda equina observed in such images. It is certain that postural changes of the lumbar column lead to displacements of the nerve roots within the dural sac. If the human body lies in the lateral position, the dural shifts laterally toward the lower region of the sac.

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  1. Anaesthetic Department, St. George’s Hospital, London, UK

    Teresa Parras MD, PhD

  2. Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy (LSNA), Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Prats-Galino MD, PhD

  3. Anaesthetic Department, Corniche Hospital, Abu Dhabi, Arab Emirates

    Rafael Blanco MD

  4. Department of Radiology, Complejo Hospitalario de Jaén, Jaén, Spain

    Ana Delgado Tch & José Luís González MD

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Correspondence to Teresa Parras MD, PhD .

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Medical Sciences and Institute of Applied Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain, and Madrid-Montepríncipe University Hospital, Madrid, Spain

    Miguel Angel Reina

  2. Department of Surgical Specialties, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Management, General University Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    José Antonio De Andrés

  3. College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York School of Regional, Anesthesia (NYSORA), New York, NY, USA, and Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

    Admir Hadzic

  4. Laboratory of Surgical NeuroAnatomy, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Alberto Prats-Galino

  5. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Human Anatomy and Embryology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, and Clinic Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

    Xavier Sala-Blanch

  6. Discipline of Anesthesiology, The University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    André A.J. van Zundert

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Parras, T., Prats-Galino, A., Blanco, R., Delgado, A., González, J.L. (2015). Displacement of the Nerve Roots of Cauda Equina in Different Positions. In: Reina, M., De Andrés, J., Hadzic, A., Prats-Galino, A., Sala-Blanch, X., van Zundert, A. (eds) Atlas of Functional Anatomy for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09522-6_35

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