Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Conflicting definitions concerning the exact location of the lumbar plexus have been proposed. The present study was carried out to detect anatomical variants regarding the topographical relation between the lumbar plexus and the psoas major muscle as well as lumbar plexus anatomy at the L4-L5 level. METHODS:Sixty-three lumbar plexuses from 32 embalmed cadavers were dissected to determine the topographical relation between lumbar plexus and psoas major muscle. At the L4-L5 levels variability in the course of the femoral as well as obturator nerve were described. RESULTS:The lumbar plexus was situated within the psoas major muscle in 61 of 63 cases. In 2 of 63 cases the entire plexus was localized posterior to the psoas major muscle. In the 61 of 63 cases in which the lumbar plexus was situated within the psoas major muscle, emergence of the individual nerves most often occurred on the posterior or posterolateral surface. CONCLUSIONS:Our results synthesize contrasting assumptions in previous literature, by demonstrating that both locations of the lumbar plexus may be encountered in clinical practice: within and posterior to the psoas major muscle. However, the latter situation represents a minor variant. At the level of L4-L5 the femoral nerve, showing a remarkable degree of branching, as well as the obturator nerve, were found within the psoas major muscle in the vast majority of specimens.
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Reg Anesth Pain Medjournal_title
Regional anesthesia and pain medicineauthors
Kirchmair L,Lirk P,Colvin J,Mitterschiffthaler G,Moriggl Bdoi
10.1016/j.rapm.2007.07.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-03-01 00:00:00pages
109-14issue
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1098-7339issn
1532-8651pii
S1098-7339(07)00718-3journal_volume
33pub_type
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-09-20 00:00:00
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journal_title:Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-01-13 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-09-16 00:00:00