Digital Anatomy to Improve Screw Insertion Techniques for Plate-Screw Fixation of the Pubic Body

Figure 9

Photos taken during surgery. Left: Exposure of the obliquus externus abdominis and the aponeurosis allows identification of the external inguinal ring (the yellow arrow points to the tissue lifted by the mucosa dissector). Right: The yellow arrow points to the external inguinal ring, and the white arrows point to the two screws set through the plate at the outer edge of the pubic tubercle. The outer edge of the pubic tubercle was exposed by an incision 1 cm from the external inguinal ring. This method effectively avoided exposure of the inguinal canal. Note: ASIS refers to the anterior superior iliac spine, and LFCN refers to the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.