Sentence examples for sacral spine from inspiring English sources

In tumour imaging large parts of the spine are frequently imaged, typically the thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine as part of a CT chest/abdomen/pelvis.

Variations in the thoracolumbar segment have the potential to promote morphological shifts in the lumbosacral segment, because the thoracic spine, lumbar spine and sacral spine develop craniocaudally in early fetal life [21].

Lesion levels were dichotomized into tetraplegia and paraplegia; tetraplegia referring to an impairment in the cervical spine region, and paraplegia referring to lesions within the thoracic, lumbar, or sacral spine regions (Kirshblum et al. 2011).

Disorders of notochord malformation include caudal regression syndrome [46], which consists of the total or partial agenesis of the lumbar and sacral spine, probably secondary to a disturbance in the formation of the secondary neural tube.

Open image in new window Fig. 2 Sagittal T1-weighted (left) and fat-suppressed T2-weighted (right) images of the spine displaying a diffuse bone marrow infiltration of the cervical, thoracic, lumbar and sacral spine with low signal intensity on T1- and intermediate to high signal intensity on fat-suppressed T2-weighted images.

The injury occurs in the piriformis muscle, a thin band of muscle that originates at the sacral spine (back of the pelvis) and attaches to the greater trochanter of the femur (the big, bony "bump" on the outside top of the thigh).

She was wheelchair-bound, had severe restrictive lung disease, and severe kyphoscoliosis, with Harrington rods extending from the thoracic to the sacral spines.

Predicted trends were compared with measured electromyographic (EMG) data recorded during static trunk extension exertions wherein subjects held weighted barbells at specific horizontal and vertical locations relative to the lumbo-sacral spine junction.

The MRI of thoraco-lumbo-sacral spine revealed paravertebral abscess at D11 D12.

Based on the orthopedic examination (pain and function), dogs were designated as being either predominantly 'Fore' (forelimb, neck or thoracic spine) or 'Hind' (hind limb, thoraco-lumbar, lumbar or lumbo-sacral spine) impaired.

MRI scans were carried out according to the protocol prescribed by the radiologist who accepted the initial referral, and were considered suitable for study if they included T1- and T2-weighted images of the lumbo-sacral spine and also axial T2-weighted images through the L3/L4, L4/L5 and L5/S1 discs.