Obturator vein
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View Rohit Sharma's current disclosuresThe obturator vein travels between the adductor region of the thigh and the internal iliac vein entering the pelvis through the obturator foramen, along with the obturator artery and obturator nerve.
Gross anatomy
Course and termination
Along the pelvic side wall, the vein travels between the ureter and the internal iliac artery before terminating by draining into the internal iliac vein 1. A cadaveric study of 150 hemi-pelvises found the obturator vein to be the most inferior structure of the obturator neurovascular bundle in 47% of specimens 2.
Variant anatomy
An enlarged pubic vein may replace the obturator vein ref.
References
- 1. Susan Standring. Gray's Anatomy (40e). (2008) ISBN: 9780443066849 - Google Books
- 2. Won H, Kim J, Lee U, Rha K, Kim D. Topographical Relationships Between the Obturator Nerve, Artery, and Vein in the Lateral Pelvic Wall. Int Urogynecol J. 2015;27(2):213-8. doi:10.1007/s00192-015-2806-6 - Pubmed
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