The proximal course of the obturator nerve as related to the psoas major has been described differently among various authors. Because this relationship is important for better understanding of clinical presentations and during surgical approaches, this study aimed to elucidate this anatomy via cadaveric dissection. ⋯ These results might be important to clinicians who interpret radiology of this region, to clinicians who treat patients with presumed obturator compression syndromes, or to surgeons who operate near the intracavitary part of the obturator nerve.
Joe Iwanaga, Tyler Warner, Tyler A Scullen, Alex von Glinski, Basem Ishak, C J Bui, Aaron S Dumont, and R Shane Tubbs.
Department of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurum... more e University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address: iwanagajoeca@gmail.com. less