@ARTICLE{Sienkiewicz-Zawilińska_Justyna_Autonomic_2018, author={Sienkiewicz-Zawilińska, Justyna and Zawiliński, Jarosław and Kaythampillai, Lourdes Niroya and Jakiel, Marcin and Urbaniak, Jacenty and Bereza, Tomasz and Kowalski, Wojciech and Loukas, Marios and Walocha, Jerzy}, volume={vol. 58}, number={No 2}, journal={Folia Medica Cracoviensia}, pages={21-44}, howpublished={online}, year={2018}, publisher={Oddział PAN w Krakowie; Uniwersytet Jagielloński – Collegium Medicum}, abstract={Autonomic nervous system of the pelvis is still poorly understood. Every year more and more pelvic procedures are carried out on patients suff ering from diff erent pelvic disorders what leads to numerous pelvic dysfunctions. Authors tried to review, starting from historical and clinical background, the most important reports on anatomy of the pelvic autonomic plexuses. We also pay attention to complete lack of knowledge of students of medicine on the autonomic nervous structures in the area studied. We present anatomical description of the pelvic plexuses including their visceral branches and anatomy of surrounding pelvic tissues which still remains unclear. More and more attention is paid to the topography of the plexuses specially because of new pain releasing techniques — neurolysies.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Autonomic nervous system of the pelvis — general overview}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/108791/PDF/FMC%202-18%203-Sienkiewicz-Zawilinska.pdf}, doi={10.24425/fmc.2018.124656}, keywords={autonomic nervous system, inferior hypogastric plexus, anatomy, nerve sparing, pelvis}, }