Anatomical and surgical considerations of the sacrotuberous ligament and its relevance in pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Loukas, Marios ^a,b   Louis Jr , Robert G ^c   Hallner, Barry ^c   Gupta, Ankmalika A ^c   White, Dorothy ^c  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Alcock's canal; Falciform process; Ischioanal fossa; Obturator fascia; Pudendal entrapment syndrome; Pudendal nerve; Sacrotuberous ligament

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; ISCHIUM; LIGAMENT; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUDENDAL NERVE; SACROTUBEROUS LIGAMENT; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PELVIS; PERINEUM; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 33646027863     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0082-3     Document Type: Article

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