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Connections Between Ventral Rootlets and Dorsal Rootlets (Separately) in the Region of Lumbosacral Enlargement (Intumescentia Lumbosacralis) and Cauda Equina

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The lumbosacral region is mostly exposed due to the frequent incidence of the intervertebral disc hernia and its surgery. Spinal dorsal root interconnections can influence the clinical signs and also the surgical treatment of this symptom.

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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). Connections Between Ventral Rootlets and Dorsal Rootlets (Separately) in the Region of Lumbosacral Enlargement (Intumescentia Lumbosacralis) and Cauda Equina. In: Intraspinal Variations of Nerve Roots. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01686-9_11

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