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Pelvic Anatomy from a Laparoscopic Perspective. Tommaso Falcone MD Professor & Chairman Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Anatomy & Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery Course. Anatomic Areas. Anterior abdominal wall Pelvic sidewall Extra-peritoneal spaces Retropubic space Presacral space
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Pelvic Anatomy from a Laparoscopic Perspective • Tommaso Falcone MD • Professor & Chairman • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Anatomic Areas • Anterior abdominal wall • Pelvic sidewall • Extra-peritoneal spaces • Retropubic space • Presacral space • Pararectal space
Anterior Abdominal Wall • Relationship of the vessels & nerves to potential entry sites for trocars
Retroperitoneal Vessels & Umbilicus • Bifurcation of the aorta • thin patients at umbilicus • More caudad with increasing weight • Left common iliac vein • inferior to the bifurcation of the aorta • crosses the sacrum
Left Upper Quadrant Insertion • 2-cm below the subcostal margin mid-clavicular line • Organs • Aorta-11 cm • Spleen-12cm • Stomach-4.4cm • Liver-4.0cm • Left kidney 13.2cm
Laparoscopic view of the spleen • Spleen is far from the LUQ, unless splenomegaly is present
Pelvic Sidewall Anatomy • 3 layers • Ureter • Branches of the int.iliac artery • Muscle & nerve
Pelvic Sidewall: ureter • Pelvic brim • over the common or external iliac • under ovarian vessels • Courses anterior to the internal iliac • UNDER THE OVARY • 1.5 -2 CM LATERAL UTERO-SACRAL LIGAMENTS • Cervix • WITHIN 2CM
Pelvic Sidewall: Blood vessels • Internal iliac artery • anterior & posterior division • Umbilical artery • obliterated • medial umbilical ligament • relationship to the uterine artery
Pelvic & Inguinal Nerves • Genito-femoral nerve • Femoral nerve
Retropubic Space • Anterior • Pubic bone • Lateral • Obturator internus muscle, fasciae, neurovascular bundle • Posteriorly • bladder & pubocervical fasciae