Anatomy and potential clinical significance of the vastoadductor membrane

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 569-573

  Tubbs, R Shane ^a,b   Loukas, Marios ^c,d   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^e   Apaydin, Nihal ^f   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   Salter, E George ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Femoral nerve; Lower extremity; Quadriceps; Thigh; Vastoadductor membrane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC BONE; MALE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; OBTURATOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS NERVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASTOADDUCTOR MEMBRANE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBTURATOR NERVE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; THIGH;

EID: 34548704821     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0230-4     Document Type: Article

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