Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Complete Dorsal Wall Agenesis in the Human Sacrum and its Importance in Caudal Epidural Anaesthesia

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Chandra Bhushan Chandan1 , Sanjay Kumar2 , Md. Kashif Akhtar3 , Binod Kumar4 , Rajiv Ranjan Sinha5 , Avanish Kumar6

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Background: The sacrum, an enormous triangular bone, is formed when the five sacral vertebrae fuse together. While the dorsal wall of the sacral canal is generated by the fusing of the laminae, spines, and ossified ligamentum flava, the ventral wall is created by the fusion of the sacral vertebra's body. Numerous variations can be found in the sacral canal's dorsal wall. It might be entirely open all the way down. By injecting medications into the spinal canal, caudal epidural anaesthesia provides both analgesia and anaesthesia. One of the contraindications of caudal epidural block is the full agenesis of the sacral dorsal wall.

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