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Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy 8/2010

01-10-2010 | Letter to the Editor

Anal nerve risks with paracoccygeal lumbosacral fixation

Author: Patrick M. Foye

Published in: Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy | Issue 8/2010

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I commend your journal and authors Stefanski et al. [2] on the wonderfully educational research study titled, “The probability of finding nerve branches to the external anal sphincter”. The authors’ assessment of 110 cadavers provided detailed analysis regarding nerve branches to the external anal sphincter. …
Literature
1.
Akesen B, Wu C, Mehbod AA, Transfeldt EE (2008) Biomechanical evaluation of paracoccygeal transsacral fixation. J Spinal Disord Tech 21(1):39–44CrossRefPubMed
2.
Stefanski L, Lampe P, Aleksandrowicz R (2008) The probability of finding nerve branches to the external anal sphincter. Surg Radiol Anat 30(8):675–678CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Anal nerve risks with paracoccygeal lumbosacral fixation
Author
Patrick M. Foye
Publication date
01-10-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy / Issue 8/2010
Print ISSN: 0930-1038
Electronic ISSN: 1279-8517
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-010-0688-3

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