Obturator Nerve Variations: A Narrative Review*
Rouan Barakat, Viktoria-Maria Karaflou, Panagiotis Giavopoulos, Nikolaos Pappas, Georgios Tsakotos, Dimitrios Filippou · 2024
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Description
Rouan Barakat and co-authors review how a nerve in the pelvis can vary from the textbook path in a 2024 paper. The obturator nerve serves muscles, joints, and skin of the inner thigh. If a surgeon expects the standard route and meets a variant, the nerve can be harmed by mistake.
Searching a major database, the team kept eleven useful studies. They found wide variation in the nerve's path, its source, and where it splits into branches. Which muscles each branch serves can also differ, as can the skin and joint areas it supplies. The authors stress that knowing these variants helps surgical teams avoid injury and plan safer care around the pelvis and hip.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rouan Barakat, Viktoria-Maria Karaflou, Panagiotis Giavopoulos, Nikolaos Pappas, Georgios Tsakotos, Dimitrios Filippou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |