Anatomical features of the iliocapsularis muscle: a dissection study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Iliocapsularis (IC) overlies the anteromedial hip capsule and is an important landmark in anterior approaches to hip arthroplasty. Previously believed to be part of iliacus, few publications describe the prevalence, attachments, fibre direction, blood supply, innervation, and size of IC. This study was aimed to determine these anatomical features using embalmed bodies and whether they vary between sides, sex, and age.

Methods

Thirty-eight formalin-fixed adult bodies were dissected and the prevalence, presence of a connective tissue raphe, attachments, fibre direction, blood supply, and innervation, were documented. Length and width were measured, and significant differences were investigated with t tests.

Results

Iliocapsularis was present in all bodies examin

SUBMITTER: Mac Dermott KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8881757 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature