The "critical zones" of entrapment of the nerves of the lower limb.
The author has studied, in a group of 40 dissections on cadavers of individuals of different ages, the main "critical zones" of entrapment of some terminal branches of the lumbo-sacral plexus, which include canals (fibrous, osteo-fibrous, fibro-muscular), intervals (intermuscular, fibro-muscular, musculo-ligamentous), rings (fibrous or fibro-muscular) and foramina. They provide the topographical anatomical basis for possible compressive phenomena of the nerves of the lower limb.
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Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Anatomiche, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università di Palermo, Italy.
D005205:Fascia / Q000294:innervation; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000473:pathology; D005360:Fibula / Q000294:innervation; D005528:Foot / Q000294:innervation; D006801:Humans; D007085:Ilium / Q000294:innervation; D007866:Leg / Q000294:innervation*; D008022:Ligaments / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009776:Obturator Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D010388:Pelvis / Q000294:innervation; D010543:Peroneal Nerve / Q000473:pathology; D016658:Psoas Muscles / Q000294:innervation; D013848:Thigh / Q000294:innervation; D013979:Tibial Nerve / Q000473:pathology