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| What is the range in length from the tip of the dural sac to the apex of the sacral hiatus? |
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| The anterioposterior diameter for the apex of the sacral hiatus? |
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| Where does the terminal part of the dural sac end? |
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| Where do the sacral epidural veins end? |
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| S4, but may extend throughout canal. |
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| The final part of the spinal cord which does not contain nerves and exits the sacral hiatus, attaching to the back of the coccyx. |
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| Substance that is of loose texture in children and more fibrous in adults -giving rise to the difference in predictability of caudal anesthetic spread in children and unpredictability on adults. |
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| What is the preferred position for caudal block? |
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