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Anatomy of the Pelvis

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The anatomy of the pelvis is presented in this chapter. A brief description of the anatomy of the posterior aspect of the abdominal wall is presented, along with a description of the pelvic floor and the differences between the male and the female pelvis. Points with surgical interest concerning the urinary bladder and the prostate are discussed. Recently obtained evidence on the neuroanatomy of the pelvis, particularly the pelvic plexus, the neurovascular bundle and the external urethral sphincter is presented in detail. The latter structures are associated to the bladder function, the erectile function and the urinary continence mechanism. Their preservation during pelvic surgical procedures has been associated to the improvement of the functional outcome.

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  1. Department of Urology, University of Patras, Rion, Patras, Greece

    Panagiotis S. Kallidonis MD, PhD(Urol), MSc(Clin Pharma), Evangelos N. Liatsikos MD, PhD, Stavros Kontogiannis MD & Iason Kyriazis MD

  2. Department of Urology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Jochen Neuhaus MD, PhD, Thilo Schwalenberg MD, PhD & Jens-Uwe Stolzenburg MD, PhD, FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Eng)

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Kallidonis, P.S. et al. (2015). Anatomy of the Pelvis. In: Patel, H., Mould, T., Joseph, J., Delaney, C. (eds) Pelvic Cancer Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4258-4_7

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