Course of the Femoral Artery in the Mid- and Distal Thigh and Implications for Medial Approaches to the Distal Femur: A CT Angiography Study.

DISCUSSION: A wide safe zone exists in the medial distal femur. The artery crosses the midsagittal axis of the medial femur an average of 18.8 cm proximal to the adductor tubercle. PMID: 30407980 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Am Acad Orthop Surg Source Type: research