A dermatome is a distinct area of your skin defined by its connection to one of 30 spinal nerves. We’ll explore more about both your spinal nerves and dermatomes, including a chart showing each ...

You have 12 thoracic dermatomes. Lumbar nerves: There are five pairs from the lower back, numbered L1 through L5. You have five lumbar dermatomes. ... (part of the pelvis), numbered S1 through S5 ...

Lumbar nerves: These exit the lower back region and are labeled L1–L5. Sacral nerves: These exit the base of the spine and are labeled S1–S5. A coccygeal nerve pair : These exit the tailbone ...

Despite greater operative complexity, inclusion of L5-S1 in oblique lumbar interbody fusion may be safe and feasible with no increase in early complications, according to published results. Chirag ...

L4/L5 Fusion Comments. Bookmark. Dear CD Pls help I had a L4/5 fusion last year Nov 2006, lately I've been ... There is a grade 1 anterolisthesis of L5 on S1. There are features suggesting a previous ...

A lumbar epidural catheter may be used to induce anesthesia and analgesia. ... which corresponds to the L4 and L5 dermatomes. 3 Important posterior landmarks include the inferior border of the ...

In a single-center trial, we randomly assigned patients with sciatica that had lasted for 4 to 12 months and lumbar disk herniation at the L4–L5 or L5–S1 level in a 1:1 ratio to undergo ...