Local anaesthetic is injected just lateral to the femoral artery in the triangular space between the femoral artery, the sartorius muscle and the medial vastus muscle
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The video shows the in-plane approach to the saphenous nerve block with injection of local anaesthetic on the lateral side of the femoral artery SN = saphenous nerve; SM = sartorius muscle; FA = femoral artery; MVM = medial vastus muscle
