• Dr Anil Baliram Petkar
• Dr Vinod D Chaugale
• Dr.Amol R. Jadhav

Gluteus Maximus muscle is the largest and heaviest muscle in the body. It is the most superficial of all gluteal muscles that are located at the posterior aspect of the hip joint. It is the largest muscle at the hip representing 16% of the total cross-sectional area. The gluteus maximus muscle exhibits four actions on the hip joint; extension, external rotation, abduction and adduction of the thigh. When its proximal attachment is fixed, gluteus maximus acts as the main extensor of the hip joint, pulling the shaft of the femur posteriorly. The gluteus maximus is the largest muscle in the human body. It is large and powerful because it has the job of keeping the trunk of the body in an erect posture. It is the chief antigravity muscle that aids in walking up stairs So, surgical importance of gluteus maximus is necessary to study. This article is focusing for surgical importance of gluteus maximus.

Gluteus Maximus

"“Surgical Importance of Gluteus Maximus muscle ” - A Literature Review”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.d594-d597, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309362.pdf

"“Surgical Importance of Gluteus Maximus muscle ” - A Literature Review”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppd594-d597, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309362.pdf