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Marlene Corton

Mentored by · fellowship 2000
Joseph Schaffer

Biography​

Marlene M. Corton is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center.1 She earned her medical degree at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital and UT Southwestern.1 She then completed a urogynecology and urodynamics preceptorship with Joseph Schaffer at UT Southwestern.1 She directs a cadaveric pelvic anatomy training program for obstetrics and gynecology residents and fellows.1

Contributions​

Her cited work examines surgical anatomy of the abdominal wall, pelvic nerves, retropubic urethra, and vulva and vagina, including cadaveric studies with operative applications.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

8 publications with Marlene Corton as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Florian-Rodriguez ME, Hamner JJ, Corton MM. First sacral nerve and anterior longitudinal ligament anatomy: clinical applications during sacrocolpopexy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;217(5):607.e1–607.e4. doi
    Cited on: Bony Pelvic Anatomy · The Presacral Space
  2. Rahn DD, Phelan JN, Roshanravan SM, White AB, Corton MM. "Anterior Abdominal Wall Nerve and Vessel Anatomy: Clinical Implications for Gynecologic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;202(3):234.e1–234.e5. doi
    Cited on: The Abdominal Wall · Richardson Retractor
  3. Tappy EE, Corton MM. "Anatomy of Sex: A Review of Critical Structures Within the Vulva and Vagina." J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2026;33(1):3–9. doi
    Cited on: The Vulva
  4. Hamner JJ, Carrick KS, Ramirez DMO, Corton MM. "Gross and Histologic Relationships of the Retropubic Urethra to Lateral Pelvic Sidewall and Anterior Vaginal Wall in Female Cadavers: Clinical Applications to Retropubic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(6):597.e1–597.e8. doi
    Cited on: Female Urethra
  5. Ripperda CM, Jackson LA, Phelan JN, Carrick KS, Corton MM. "Anatomic Relationships of the Pelvic Autonomic Nervous System in Female Cadavers: Clinical Applications to Pelvic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;216(4):388.e1–388.e7. doi
    Cited on: The Presacral Space
  6. Maldonado PA, Chin K, Garcia AA, Corton MM. Anatomic variations of pudendal nerve within pelvis and pudendal canal: clinical applications. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2015;213(5):727.e1-6. doi
    Cited on: Myofascial Pelvic Pain
  7. Roshanravan SM, Wieslander CK, Schaffer JI, Corton MM. Neurovascular anatomy of the sacrospinous ligament region in female cadavers: implications in sacrospinous ligament fixation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007;197(6):660.e1-6. doi
    Cited on: Iliococcygeus Fascia Suspension
  8. Wai CY, Corton MM, Miller M, Sailors J, Schaffer JI. "Multiple vaginal wall cysts: diagnosis and surgical management." Obstet Gynecol. 2004;103(5 Pt 2):1099–1102. doi
    Cited on: Vaginal Cysts and Masses

Footnotes​

  1. Marlene Corton, M.D.. UT Southwestern. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Rahn DD, Phelan JN, Roshanravan SM, White AB, Corton MM. "Anterior Abdominal Wall Nerve and Vessel Anatomy: Clinical Implications for Gynecologic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010;202(3):234.e1–234.e5. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.10.878 ↩

  3. Florian-Rodriguez ME, Hamner JJ, Corton MM. First sacral nerve and anterior longitudinal ligament anatomy: clinical applications during sacrocolpopexy. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;217(5):607.e1–607.e4. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2017.07.008 ↩

  4. Tappy EE, Corton MM. "Anatomy of Sex: A Review of Critical Structures Within the Vulva and Vagina." J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2026;33(1):3–9. doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2025.08.022 ↩

  5. Ripperda CM, Jackson LA, Phelan JN, Carrick KS, Corton MM. "Anatomic Relationships of the Pelvic Autonomic Nervous System in Female Cadavers: Clinical Applications to Pelvic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017;216(4):388.e1–388.e7. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2016.12.002 ↩

  6. Hamner JJ, Carrick KS, Ramirez DMO, Corton MM. "Gross and Histologic Relationships of the Retropubic Urethra to Lateral Pelvic Sidewall and Anterior Vaginal Wall in Female Cadavers: Clinical Applications to Retropubic Surgery." Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018;219(6):597.e1–597.e8. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.037 ↩