Adductor canal Flashcards
Lateral border
Vastus medialis
Posterior border
Adductor longus and Magnus
What marks the apex
Adductor hiatus
Contents
Femoral artery,
Femoral vein,
Nerve to vastus medialis,
Saphenous nerve
Anterior border
Sartorius
Other names for adductor canal
Hunter’s/subsartorial canal
How long is the adductor canal
15cm
What does the adductor canal connect
Anterior thigh and posterior leg
What is the clinical relevance of adductor canal
Adductor canal block
Adductor canal compression syndrome
What does adductor canal block provide sensory anaesthesia to
Distal thigh
Femur
Knee
Medial lower leg
What is adductor canal block
Local anaesthetic is administered in the adductor canal to block the saphenous nerve (in isolation or with nerve to vastus medialis)
What is adductor canal compression syndrome
Entrapment of neurovascular bundle within adductor canal
Usual cause of adductor canal compression syndrome
Hypertrophy of adjacent muscles
How does adductor canal compression syndrome present
Claudication symptoms due to femoral artery occlusion (more common)
Neurological symptoms due to entrapment of sephanous nerve
