The morphometric study of the sacrospinal and sacrotuberal ligaments correlated with the morphometry of the pelvis

Surg Radiol Anat. 2005 Dec;27(6):517-23. doi: 10.1007/s00276-005-0035-2. Epub 2005 Nov 24.

Abstract

Perineal neuralgias may be considered as nerve entrapment syndromes, which have been anatomically poorly studied. The pudendal nerve could be compressed between the sacrospinal and the sacrotuberal ligaments. This study tries to find a correlation between the pelvis and the lumbosacral junction morphometry, and sacrospinal and sacrotuberal ligaments morphometry. We did an anatomical study of eight anatomic specimens, and we performed the measures by using the computed tomography scanner. No correlations were found.

MeSH terms

  • Cadaver
  • Coccyx / anatomy & histology
  • Female
  • Femur Head / anatomy & histology
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Ischium / anatomy & histology
  • Ligaments / anatomy & histology*
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / anatomy & histology*
  • Male
  • Pelvimetry
  • Pelvis / anatomy & histology*
  • Perineum / anatomy & histology
  • Pubic Bone / anatomy & histology
  • Sacrum / anatomy & histology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed