Deep gluteal space anatomy and its relationship with deep gluteal pain syndromes.

Maria João LeiteAndré R PinhoMiguel Relvas SilvaJoão C LixaMaria D MadeiraPedro G Pereira

Published in: Hip international : the journal of clinical and experimental research on hip pathology and therapy (2020)

Our study confirmed the extreme variation in the SN origin that can contribute to the Piriformis syndrome. The IFD obtained in our study showed that this distance was small for the structures contained in this space.The proximal hamstring insertion showed a significantly more extended footprint in males, which puts the pudendal nerve (PN) at higher risk of iatrogenic injury.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
high resolution
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