caa a22 4500 463199359 CHVBK 20180405153107.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00276-007-0230-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00276-007-0230-4 Anatomy and potential clinical significance of the vastoadductor membrane [Elektronische Daten] [R. Tubbs, Marios Loukas, Mohammadali Shoja, Nihal Apaydin, W. Oakes, E. Salter] Few reports are found in the extant medical literature regarding the vastoadductor membrane. This membrane effectively creates a subcompartment within the subsartorial canal. The lower limbs of 16 embalmed adult cadavers were dissected to identify the vastoadductor membrane and note its measurements. A vastoadductor membrane was identified in all specimens and was derived from the medial intermuscular septum. This membrane connected the medial edge of the vastus medialis muscle to the lateral edge of the adductor magnus muscle. Membranes were all wider proximally and narrowed distally. The mean length of this structure was 7.6cm. The mean width of the vastoadductor membrane at its proximal, midportion, and distal parts was 2.2, 1.7, and 0.5cm, respectively. The mean distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the proximal border of the vastoadductor membrane was 28cm. The mean distance from the distal border of the membrane to the adductor tubercle was 10cm. Seventy-five percent of specimens exhibited a fenestrated vastoadductor membrane. Branches of the saphenous nerve to the skin of the medial thigh pierced the vastoadductor membrane in 31% of specimens. Two specimens demonstrated branches derived from the branch of the obturator nerve that pierced this membrane en route to the skin of the medial thigh. Perforating venous branches from the great saphenous vein were identified in 22% of specimens. As compression of the femoral artery at the adductor hiatus is a well-recognized entity, the clinician may also try to explore potential compression of this vessel more proximally by an overlying vastoadductor membrane. The authors would also hypothesize that due to the interconnection between the adductor magnus and vastus medialis by the vastoadductor membrane that a potential synergy exists between the functions of these two muscles. Springer-Verlag, 2007 Anatomy nationallicence Thigh nationallicence femoral nerve nationallicence Quadriceps nationallicence Lower extremity nationallicence Vastoadductor membrane nationallicence Tubbs R. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Loukas Marios Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George, Grenada aut Shoja Mohammadali Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Institute, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz, Iran aut Apaydin Nihal Department of Anatomy, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey aut Oakes W. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233, Birmingham, AL, USA aut Salter E. Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA aut Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 569-573 0930-1038 29:7<569 2007 29 276 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0230-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-007-0230-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tubbs R. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Loukas Marios Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, St. George, Grenada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shoja Mohammadali Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Institute, Tabriz Medical University, Tabriz, Iran aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Apaydin Nihal Department of Anatomy, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Oakes W. Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, 35233, Birmingham, AL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Salter E. Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy Springer-Verlag 29/7(2007-10-01), 569-573 0930-1038 29:7<569 2007 29 276 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer