Anatomical risk evaluation of iatrogenic injury to the infrapatellar branch of the saphenous nerve during medial meniscus arthroscopic surgery

• Published in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy (English ed.) Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 611 - 618
• Main Authors: Koch, Guillaume, Kling, Agathe, Ramamurthy, Nitin, Edalat, Faramarz, Cazzato, Roberto Luigi, Kahn, Jean-Luc, Garnon, Julien, Clavert, Philippe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Springer Paris 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag (Germany)
• Subjects: Anatomic Landmarks; Anatomy; Anatomy & physiology; Arthroscopy; Arthroscopy - adverse effects; Cadaver; Femoral Nerve - anatomy & histology; Femoral Nerve - injuries; Human health and pathology; Humans; Iatrogenesis; Iatrogenic Disease; Imaging; Knee; Knee Joint - innervation; Knee Joint - surgery; Life Sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menisci, Tibial - surgery; Meniscus; Nerves; Original Article; Orthopedics; Radiology; Saphenous nerve; Surgery; Knee; Infrapatellar branches; Arthroscopy; Medial meniscus; Saphenous nerve

Purpose To determine the relationship of the medial meniscus with the infrapatellar branches of the saphenous nerve, the primary goal is to define and characterize different risk areas for these nerves during medial meniscus surgery. Methods After dissecting 20 embalmed cadaver knees, we defined 7 r...