Sacral insufficiency fractures are types of stress fractures that typically occur in older people, especially older people who were assigned female at birth with osteoporosis. As we age, our bodies ...

The sacrum is a bone at the back of the pelvis between the hip bones. A sacral fracture can cause symptoms including lower back and buttock pain, swelling, and reduced bowel and bladder control.

The lateral sacral arteries are among the arteries of the lower back. They have spinal branches, which supply blood to the sacral nerve rootlets, adjacent muscles, meninges, and sacrum. These arteries ...