title: Blood supply of nerve roots and dorsal root ganglia.
abstract: The number of patients who suffer from radicular symptoms due to degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine is increasing. This article discusses the differences in anatomic structure between spinal nerve roots and peripheral nerves. Blood supply and cerebrospinal fluid flow are explained, and the effect of mechanical compression, direct and indirect, is shown as a possible cause of symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshizawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hachiya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005727:Ganglia, Spinal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology; D012016:Reference Values; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000503:physiopathology