Neurovascular Structures at Risk During Anterolateral and Medial Arthroscopic Approaches of the Hip

To describe the safety areas for placement of 5 anterolateral portals (anterior, anterior lateral, posterior lateral, proximal anterior medial and distal anterior medial portals) and 3 recently described medial portals (anterior medial, posterior medial and distal posterior medial portals) to provid...

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Main Authors: Méndez Aguirre, Omar, Morales Avalos, Rodolfo, Compeán Martínez, Gustavo A, Espinosa Uribe, Abraham G., Vílchez Cavazos, José Félix, Theriot Girón, María del Carmen, Quiroga Garza, Alejandro, De la Garza Castro, Oscar, Guzmán Avilán, Katia Denisse, Guzmán López, Santos, Elizondo Omaña, Rodrigo Enrique
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Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://eprints.uanl.mx/14791/1/25.pdf
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Summary:To describe the safety areas for placement of 5 anterolateral portals (anterior, anterior lateral, posterior lateral, proximal anterior medial and distal anterior medial portals) and 3 recently described medial portals (anterior medial, posterior medial and distal posterior medial portals) to provide topographical description of the safety of each. A descriptive, observational and crosssectional study in which femoral triangle dissection was performed in 12 hips. 5 lateral portals and the 3 medial portals were placed. Clinically relevant neurovascular structures associated with each portal, were identified measured and documented. The lateral portal with the highest risk of injury to a nearby neurovascular structure was the anterior portal, the most adjacent to the femoral cutaneous nerve, 1.42 cm (±0.85) lateral to the portal. In the medial portals, the anterior medial portal has the narrowest margin in relation to the femoral artery, 2.14 cm (±0.35) lateral to the portal and medial to the obturator nerve by 0.87 cm (±0.62). The lateral portals have a higher safety margin; the portal with the most proximity to a neurovascular structure is the anterior portal, associated laterally with the femoral cutaneous nerve, presenting a higher risk of injury. Medial portals have a higher risk of injuring the femoral neurovascular bundle as well as the obturator nerve.