- See
Superior Gluteal Artery:
- Discussion:
- inferior gluteal artery leaves pelvis below
piriformis and above superior gemelli (after passing
greater sciatic foramen );
- main trunk of artery is vulnerable as it emerges from beneath lower border of pirformis when pelvic fractures involve
greater sciatic notch;
- it spreads superiorly and sends branches to
maximus and muscles arising from the ischial tuberosity & may reach as far as lower part of the thigh;
- small branches pass medially as far as the skin over the coccyx.
- inferior gluteal branches are cut when
gluteus maximus is splt;
- anastomotic branch descends across short lateral rotator muscles of hip & contributes to
cruciate anastomosis of back of thigh.
- cutaneous branches accompany radicles of
posterior femoral cutaneous nerve & an accompanying artery of
sciatic nerve .
Inferior Gluteal Artery (Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation)
Spontaneous gluteal artery rupture resulting in compartment syndrome and sciatic neuropathy. Report of a case in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
