HOLLYWOOD, Fla.—A periarterial approach to the adductor canal may increase the risk for injury to the nerve to vastus medialis (NVM), according to a novel cadaver study.
Researchers at the Duke University School of Medicine, in Durham, N.C., found that this approach led to direct impalement of the NVM in one-third of cases, plus direct contact with the nerve in another 22%. Although the investigators were unsure of the clinical implications of such contact, they said the finding should