Review Article

Recent Advances in Epidural Analgesia

Figure 1

Placing the probe transverse plane at the coccyx, the sacral cornua (represented in white arrows heading down) are viewed laterally as humps. Sacral hiatus is located between an upper hyperechoic line, representing the sacrococcygeal membrane or ligament and an inferior hyperechoic line representing the dorsum of the pelvic surface of the sacrum (bidirectional sided arrow).
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