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Hip joint chronic pain can severely compromise patients’ life quality. Peripheral nerve blocks play an important role as diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The aim of this work is to study the anatomy of the nerve to quadratus femoris ( NQF) in view of the possibility of its percutaneous selective block. Forty-three gluteal cadaveric regions fixed in formaldehyde soluti on were dissected. The quadratus femoris, the obturator internus and superior and inferior gemellus were freed from their lateral inser tion, exposing thus the posterior aspect of the hip joint. The NQF was identified, and the horizontal distance to the posterior edge of the greater trochanter at its upper, middle and lower thirds was registered. The number of the articular branches of the NQF was identified . L k wis , the horizontal distance to the posterior edge of the greater trochanter and the longitudinal distance to the line through the d istal end of the posterior edge of the greater trochanter were measured. The distance between the NQF and the greater trochanter posterior edge at uppe , middle and lower thirds was 46 mm, 41 mm and 35 mm, respectively. In most cases (85 %) the NQF presented one or two articular branches. The longitudinal distances between the line through the distal end of the posterior edge of the greater trochanter an d the origin of the first, second and third articular branches of the NQF were 14.7 mm (-19.4 40), 16.4 mm (-9.3-42) and 27 mm (0-46), res pectively. The distances to the posterior edge of the greater trochanter were 43.1 mm (16.3-66), 37.7 mm (6.5-53) and 39.8 mm (26-52), for the first, second and third articular branches, respectively. In conclusion, the articular branches of the nerve to quadratus femor is hav a constant and predictable distribution. Our findings allow for generating a coordinate system for the selective block of the NQF by way of percutaneous techniques.

Anatomical Basis for the Selective Block of the Nerve to Quadratus Femoris by Way of Percutaneous Techniques