Triangle of doom and pain


Triangle of doom (medially)

Triangle of pain (laterally)

Medial boundary 

Vas / Ductus deferens (Vasa deferentia)

Gonadal vessels (testicular artery & vein)

Lateral boundary

Gonadal vessels (testicular artery & vein)

X

Superior boundary

X

ilio pubic tract

Inferior boundary

Peritoneum reflection 

Peritoneum reflection

Content


• Femoral nerve 

• Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve

• External iliac vessel

• Deep circumflex iliac vein

4 nerves from medial to lateral- 

• Femoral nerve

• Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve

• Anterior femoral cutaneous nerve

• Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve 



NOTE: Pain is related to nerves, so in the content of the triangle of pain, we study nerves.


Trapezoid of disaster = Triangle of doom (medially) + Triangle of pain (laterally)

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