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SECTION I  Preparing for Surgery

Superior hypogastric plexus

Common iliac a.

I

Subserosa

Sacral promontory

Peritoneum

Ovarian vessels

Ureter

Sympathetic trunk

Internal iliac a.

Hypogastric nn.

Uterus

FIGURE 1.34  Superior hypogastric plexus, showing the passage of this plexus or supe- rior hypogastric plexus over bifurcation of the aorta. Observe the division of the plexus into left and right hypogastric nerves.

Rectum

Bladder

Ureter

Ovarian a. and v.

Superior hypogastric plexus

Sympathetic trunk

Internal iliac a.

Hypogastric n.

Uterine a.

Inferior hypogastric plexus

Bladder

Uterus

Fifth sacral n.

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Pubis

Recto-uterine pouch

Uterosacral lig.

FIGURE 1.35  Inferior hypogastric plexus.

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