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VARIATIONS IN ORIGIN OF FEMORAL NERVE FROM THE LUMBER PLEXUS (A CADAVERIC STUDY) (ORIGINAL ARTICLE) Dr. Gurbachan Singh Gindha Professor Department of Anatomy, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti, District Solan (Himachal Prades). E-mail: drgindhags@yahoo.com Dr.Deepti Arora Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy, MM Medical College, Mullana, District Ambala (Haryana). Dr.Subhash Kaushal Professor Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Patiala (Punjab). Dr.Usha Chhabra Professor and Head Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Patiala (Punjab). Abstract:- The variations in origin of femoral nerve from lumbar plexus is very much common. The normal root value of origin of femoral nerve is L3 and L4. It can be prefixed or postfixed. Mostly the femoral nerve is used for the nerve block in several surgeries and is vulnerable to compression in tight ilio-psoascompartment. The knowledge of origin and variations of femoral nerve in iliac fossa is important for anatomists, anesthetists and surgeons to prevent iatrogenic femoral nerve injuries. 30 embalmed and 10 formalin fixed cadaverswere dissected on both s and 60 lumbar plexuses with their branches formed the material for the study. Thepsoas major muscle was dissected to see the formation of femoral nerve from theroots and to observe the variations in formation of femoral nerve. The aim of this study was to look for the variations in origin and branching pattern of the femoral nerve in the iliac fossa. Key words:- Lumbar plexus, psoas major muscle, iliacus muscle, sacrifice, root value, prefixed, postfixed, inguinal ligament, femoral triangle, iatrogenic injuries. Introduction:- The femoral nerve is the nerve of anterior compartment of thigh. It gives muscular and cutaneous branches in femoral triangle.the femoral nerve arises from the lumber plexus which lies in the substance of psoas major muscle. The lumber plexus is formed by the anterior rami of spinal nerves Ll to L3 and part of L4. The rest of the anterior ramus of L4 and the anterior ramus of L5 combinetoform the lumbosacral trunk.the femoral nerve carries the contribution from theanterior rami of L2 to L4 and leaves the abdomen by passing through thegapbetween the inguinalligament and superior margin of the pelvis to enter the femoral triangle on the anteromedial aspect of thigh. In the femoral triangle it is lateral to the femoral artery. The femoral nerve innervates all the muscles in the anterior compartment of the thigh. In the abdomen, it give rise branches thatinnervate the iliacus and pectineus muscles. It also innervates skin over theanterior aspect of the thigh,anteromedial of the knee, the medial of theleg, and the medial of the foot (Drake et al.2010) 1. The femoral nerve is the largest branch of the lumber plexus. The rootvalue of the femoral nerve is L3 andl4. It emerges from the lateral border of thepsoas major muscle within the abdomen and passes downwards in the interval between the psoas major and ilicus muscles. It lies behind the fascia iliaca and enters the thigh lateral to the femoral artery and the femoral ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 463

sheath, behind the inguinal ligament. About 4 cm below the inguinal ligament, it terminates by dividing intoanterior and posterior divisions.the femoral nerve supplies all the muscles of the anterior compartment of the thigh and also gives the cutaneous nerves to the thigh.the femoral nerve does not enter the thigh within the femoral sheath(snell-2012) 2. (Romanes-1995) 3 describedthe variations in the origin of lumbar and sacral plexus. He wrote that the lumbar plexus may begin as high as the eleventh thoracic ventral rami or as low as the first lumbar (Eisler-1891) 4. Similarly the lowest component to join the sciatic nerve may be from the 2 nd, 3 rd or 4 th sacral ventral ramus. He described that the commonest variation is towards the postfixed variety, and some evidence exists that vertebral anomalies e. g. sacralization of the 5 th lumbar vertebra) are often associated.he described the following variations in origin of lumbar and sacral plexuses (Table-I). Table-I Serial number Name of nerves Prefixed root value Normal root value Postfixed root value 1 Nervus furcalis L3, L4 L4 L5 2 Obturator nerve L1, L3 L3, L4 L3, L4,L5 3 Femoral nerve T12, L1, L2 L3, L4 L3, L4, L5 4 Tibial nerve L3, L4, L5, S1, L4, L5, S1,S2, S3 L5, S1, S2, S3, S4 S2 5 Common peroneal nerve L3, L4, L5, S1 L4, L5, S1, S2 L5, S1, S2, S3 The nerve to pactineus arises from the medial aspect of the femoral nerve near the inguinal ligament & passes behind the femoral sheath and enters the anterior aspect of the muscle. (Newell 2005) 5.Origin of the lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh from the femoral nerve may confuse the practitioners in the treatment of meralgia paraesthetica. The femoral nerve breaks up into a sheaf of branches as soon as it enters the thigh, it is more subject to dam by penetrating injuries of the lower abdomen than of the lower limb. Pelvic masses such as a haematoma or neoplasm may affect it, and it has been to be damd by catheterization of the femoral artery and during laproscopic repair of inguinal hernia. In a complete lesion extension of the knee by the quadriceps muscles will be lost, with some weakness of hip flexion. There is sensory loss over the front of the thigh, with lesions that cause pain in the nerve. The pain may extend as far as the medial of the foot because this area is supplied by the saphenous branch of femoral nerve (Sinnatamby-2011) 6. The femoral nerve block is performed on the main trunk of this nerve just below the inguinal ligament (Ellis et al. 2004). The higher division of the femoral nerve in iliac fossa results in incomplete femoral nerve block. Variations are principally due to the variable genetic composition, which is an inheritance carried over from an ancestral origin. Most of the anatomical variations are benign. These muscular variations are due to the errors of embryological development (Ravindranath et al. 2008) 8.The detailed knowledge of the possible variations in origin of the femoral nerve and the muscles may have immense importance in various pelvic and pelvi-femoral surgeries. The objective of the present study is to identify and record the variations in the anatomy of femoral nerve in origin from its root and to compare this study with the previous studies done by other authors. Material and Method:- The present study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy of GovernmentMedical College Patiala. The study was done on the embalmed with 10 formalinand fixed cadavers.30 cadavers, male and female were studied. Out of which 22 were male and 8 were female. The abdomen was opened and psoas major muscle on both s (right and left) were cleaned and nerves were traced and reached to root of the origin of the nerves by sacrificing the psoas major muscle.the femoral nerve roots were identified and studied the variations in their origin andrecorded and photographed and compared the study with the studies done by the other authors. ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 464

Observations:- In the presentstudythe variations were observed in the origin of the femoral nerve. The variations found in 60 dissected during the study are described below in (Table-II). Table-II Variations found in origin of femoral nerve Root valu e T12, L1,L 2, L3, L4 L1, L3, L4 L1, L3 L3 L3,L 4 Total numbe r of 2 3.3 3 30 50. 0 6 10. 0 1 1.6 21 35. 0 Total number of Male Total number of female Total male Right Left Total female Right Left 0 0 0 2 3.33 0 2 3.33 22 36.6 10 16.6 12 20 8 13.3 3 4 6.6 4 6.6 3 5 2 3.33 1 1.6 3 5 2 3.33 1 1.6 0 0 0 1 1.6 1 1.6 0 0 19 31.6 10 16.6 9 15 2 3.33 1 1.6 1 1.6 The normal root value of the femoral nerve is L3, and L4 but in the present studythe following variations were found in the origin of femoral nerve from the lumbar plexuses which are shown in the (Table-II). studied, 22 cadavers were male and 8 cadavers were female and 30 were of right and 30 were of left. Out of 60 in two (3.33 ) the origin of femoral nerve was from the roots of T1, T2, L1, L2 and L3.Both the were of left and belonged to female cadavers and no such origin was noted in the male cadavers (photograph-1). Photograph-I Figure-I Photograph-I and Figure-I Showing the origin of femoral nerve (fn) from T12, L1, L2 and L3 roots on left. The femoral nerve was arising from the roots of L1, L3 and L4 in 30 (22 male and 8 female ) i.e. in 50 of. Out of 22 male 10 (16.6 ) were of right and 12 (20 ) were of left (Photograph-II). ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 465

Photograph-II Figure-II Photograph-II and Figure-II showing the origin of femoral nerve (fn) arising from L1, L3 and L4 roots. It was found that femoral nerve arising from L1, L3 and L4 bilaterally and in 3 (5) 2 (1.6) (photo-6). In 8 (13.33) female 4 (6.6) were of right and 4 (6.6) were of left. 6 (10.00) of the femoral nerve (3 male and 3 female ) were taking origin from the roots of L1, L2 and L3.Out of 6 (10), in 3 (5) male, 2 (3.33) were of right and 1 (1.6) were of left and in 3 (5) female the result was the same i.e.(3.33) of right,and (1.6) of left (Photograph-III). Photograph-III Figure-III Photograph-III and Figure-III showing the femoral nerve (fn) arising from L1, L3 roots. One case (1.6) was arising from the roots of L2 and L3 (Photograph-IV).It was found in female and on right only. Photograph-IV Figure-IV ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 466

Photograph-IV and Figure-IV Showing the femoral nerve (fn) arising from L2 and L3 on the right. The femoral nerves which were arising from the roots L3 and L4 in 21 (35) were found to be normal in origin.out of these 21, 19 (31.6 ) were male (10 16.6 were of right and 9 (15.00 ) were of left ) and in 2 female (3.33), 1 (1.6 ) of right and 1 (1.6) of left. Out of all 60 of femoral nerve origin in 38 (63.33 ) were prefixed. No case of postfixed was found. According to (Romanes-1995) 3 description the prefixed variety of root value is T12,L1,L3 and L4, whereas postfixed variety the root value is L3,L4 and L5 (Shown in Table-I). According to Romanes (1995) 3 definition the nerves arising fromt12,l1,l3 and L4 and L1,L3, L4 andl1, L3 all are prefixed variety of nerves whereas the L3,L4 isthe normal origin of the femoral nerve (Table-II). Discussion:- Bardeen and Elting (1901) 9 found a contribution from the 1 st lumber nerve to thefemoral nerve in 60 percent of the lumber plexus that they classified as prefixed. Erbil et al. (1999) 10 described a complex bilateral variations in the formation of lumber plexus in a 32 years, old male cadaver. On the left the plexus there was post fixed and located posterior to the psoas major muscle. The femoral nerve was formed by the union of the anterior rami of the 2 nd, 3rd,4 1h and 5 11 ' lumber spinalnerves. On the right, the lumber plexus was prefixed. The femoralnerve was formed by the branch from the 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 4 th and 5 th lumber spinal nerves (Astik and Dave, 2011) 11 reported in this study that the abnormally long L2 root on both s in a male cadaver. On the right, it was 92 mm long. After emerging from intervertebral foramen between L2 and L3 vertebrae, it divided into ventral and dorsal division. The ventral division fused with ventral division of L3 and L4 roots to form obturator nerve, and the dorsal division of L2 descended in iliac fossa and fused with combined dorsal division of L3 and L4 to form the femoral nerve, 35 mm above the inguinal ligament on right. On the left L2 root was 85 mm long, had the same course as on the right, and it fused with combined dorsal division of L3 and L4 to form the femoral nerve, 42 mm above the inguinal ligament. The femoral nerve, the psoas major and iliacus muscles roofed over by the iliac fascia, form a tight fascial compartment, which accounts for femoral nerve lesions due to space-occupying processes in this area. In the of femoral nerve paralysis, neuropathy caused by iliac hematoma after anticoagulant treatment (Galzio et al. 1983) 12 or vessel catheterization (Warfel et al. 1993) 13, the existence of some variant muscles or variations in branching pattern of the femoral nerve may increase the chances of nerve compression. Analoague and Huijbregts (2009) 14 used dissection of 34 lumbar plexuses to low at the prevalence of anatomical variations in the lumbar plexusand the six peripheral branches from the origin at the ventral roots of T12, L1, L3 and L4 to the exit from the pelvic cavity. The femoral nerve was found to vary in 12 (35.3) of the investigated lumbar plexuses, In these 12 plexuses, the femoral nerve was observed to bifurcate into two and sometimes three separate slips; in most cadavers, this process occurred within the mid-substance of the psoas major muscle. These slips were separated by the muscle fibers of the psoas major before they rejoined prior to the femoral nerve exiting from the pelvic cavity as it passed beneath the inguinal ligament. Jakubowicz (1991) 15 investigated the topographyof the femoral nerve in relation to components of the iliopsoas muscle in 60 human fetuses. In 3 (2.5) of 120 plexus, a separate band of the lateral fibers of the psoas major passed between the trunks of the femoral nerve. In 3 of plexuses, muscular fibers of the iliacus traversed between the trunks of fetal femoral nerve leading to a prevalence of 5 for interactions between the iliopsoas muscle and the femoral nerve. Spratt et al. (1996) 16 reported that 3 out of 136 plexuses (2.2) contained a variant slip of the iliacus and psoas major muscles that split the femoral nerve. Jelev et al. (2005) 1 detailed muscular variations of the iliacus and psoas muscles splitting the femoral nerve in a case report.no such split of the muscle was found in the present study.in the present study the femoral nerve was found prefixed in 39 out of 60 lumbar plexuses i.e. in (65). Out of these, it was found that the femoral nerve arose from T12, ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 46

L1, L3, and L4 in 2 (3.33), from L1, L3 in 6 (10.00),from L1,L3, andl4 in 30 (50) of lumbar plexuses. In 1 i.e. (1.6) it arose from L3. The normal morphological root value of femoral nerve is L3 and L4was present in 21 i.e. (35). Conclusion:- The knowledge of anatomical variations of femoral nerve is essential for the surgeons to avoid iatrogenic injury to the femoral nerve, for clinicians who are treating patients with meralgia paraesthesia as lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh may arise from the femoral nerve, for anaesthetics to give successful block in femoral nerve a lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh and for the anatomists to understand morphological in the abdomen and a better knowledge of the regional anatomy and its variations are essential for preventing from the lesions of the branches of the femoral nerve. Referrences:- [1] Drake, RL; Vogl, AW; Mitchell, AWM. Gray's Anatomy for Student's 2' edition.chapter-lower limb, femoral nerve. Churchill LivingstoneElsevier Canada, Philadephia, 2010: p53-538. [2] Snell, RS. Clinical Anatomy9th edition. Chapter- lower limb, femoral nerve. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 2012: p463. [3] Romanes, J. Cunningham's text book of anatomy, 12th edition.chapter peripheral nervous system (femoral nerve). Oxford university press, Oxford, New York, Toronto (1995): p 94-95. [4] Eisler, P. Des Plexus lumbosacral des Menschen. Anat Anz, 1891; 6: 24. [5] Newell, RLM. Pelvic girdle gluteal region and hip joint. In: Gray's Anatomy, Anatomical Basis of clinical practice. S. Standring, Ellis,HJC Healy, D. Johnson, A. Williams, 39thedition. Elsevier ChurchillLivingtone, Philadelphia: 2005; p 1455. [6] Sinnatamby, CS.Last'sAnatomy (regional and applied).12thedition, Chapter- lower limb, femoral nerve. Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, Edinburg, London, New York, Oxford, Philadelphia, Sydney,Toronto.2011:163-164. [] Ellis, H; Feldman, SA; Harrop, GWD. Anatomy for anaesthetists. 8th edition. Blackwell publishing. Massachusetts, 2004;p 188-191. Cited byromanes J. Cunningham's text book of anatomy, 12th edition.chapter peripheral nervous system (femoral nerve). Oxford university press, Oxford, New York, Toronto (1995): 94-95. [8] Ravindranath, Y; Manjunath, KY; Ravindranath, R. Accessory origin of the Piriformis muscle. Singapore Med J 2008; 49 (8): 21. [9] Bardeen, CR; and Elting, AW. A stastical study of the Variations in the formation and position of the lumbosacral plexus in man. Anat. Anz. 1901;19:124, 209. [10] Erbil,KM; Onderoglu, S; Basar, R. Unusual branching in lumbar plexus: case report. Okajimas Folia Anat Jpn. 1999 May;6(1):55-59. [11] Astik, R B; Dave, U H. Variations in formulation and branching pattern of the femoral nerve in iliac fossa: A study in 64 Human Lumbar plexuses; People s Journal of Scientific Research, July 2011, Vol. 4(2): 14-19. [12] Galzio, R; Lucantoni, D; Zenobii, M; Cristuib-Grizzi, L; Gadaleta, A; Caffagni, E. Femoral neuropathy caused by iliacus hematoma. Surgical Neurology, 1983;20(3): 254-25. [13] Warfel, BS; Marini, SG; Lachmann, EA; Nagler, W. Delayed femoral nerve palsy following femoral vessel catherization. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1993;4(11):1211-1215. [14] Analogue, P; Huijbregts, PP. Anatomical variations of the Lumbar Plexus: A Descriptive Anatomical Study with proposed Clinical Implications. J Man Manip 'Ter 2009; 1(4): 10-114. [15] Jakubowicz, M. Topography of the femoral nerve in relation to components of the iliopsoas muscle in human fetuses. Folia Morphol. 1991; 50:91-101. [16] Spratt, J1D; Logan, BM; Abrahams, PH. Variant slips of psoas the iliacus muscles, with splitting of the femoral nerve. Clin Anat. 1996; 1996:401-404. [1] Jelev, L; Shivarov, V; Surchev, L. Bilateral variations of the psoas major and the iliacus muscles and presence of an undescribed variant muscle-accessory iliopsoas muscle. Ann Anat. 2005; 18:281-286. ISSN : 095-9492 Vol. 6 No.3 Mar 2015 468