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. 2012 Jul 1;3(2):e2. doi: 10.5037/jomr.2012.3202

Table 1.

Anatomy of proximal tibial bone harvest. Medial vs. lateral approaches

Medial approach Lateral approach
Nerve Infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve;
Medial crural cutaneous branch of saphenous nerve;
Saphenous nerve
Lateral sural cutaneous nerve;
Recurrent deep peroneal nerve;
Common fibular nerve;
Superficial fibular nerve;
Deep fibular nerve

Artery Saphenous branch of descending genicular artery;
Medial inferior genicular artery
Anterior tibial artery;
Anterior tibial recurrent artery

Vein Great saphenous vein;
Great saphenous vein: branches from Infrapateller region
Anterior tibial vein branches;
Anterior tibial vein

Compartment Pes anserinus complex Tibialis anterior muscle;
Extensor digitorum longus muscle;
Extensor hallucis longus muscle