At the lower end, the 11 lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal dermatomes are often grouped together as the lower extremity dermatomes. A spinal nerve root is a bundle of nerve fibers that branches off ...

The pain occurs when the mass of feces presses on the nerves in the lower back, called the sacral nerves ... A person with a history of spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, or surgery ...

New research confirms that sacral nerve stimulation is a feasible option ... overactive bladder is hypothesized to correct deficient spinal inhibitory signals, which would suppress detrusor ...

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