Parametrium - borders
Lim, IJROBP 2011; 79(2)348–355
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EMBRACE-II
Anterior
Posterior wall of bladder or posterior
border of external iliac vessel
Posterior wall of bladder or posterior border
of external iliac vessel
Posterior
Uterosacral ligaments and mesorectal
fascia
Uterosacral ligaments and mesorectal fascia
Superior
Top of fallopian tube/ broad ligament.
Depending on degree of uterus flexion,
this may also form the anterior
boundary of parametrial tissue.
Top of fallopian tube/ broad ligament.
Depending on degree of uterus flexion, this
may also form the anterior boundary of
parametrial tissue.
Inferior
Urogenital diaphragm
Urogenital diaphragm
Lateral
Medial edge of internal obturator
muscle/ ischial ramus bilaterally
Medial edge of internal iliac and obturator
vessels