Table 6.

Distance from major blood vessels or nerves to each injection site in the thigh of cadavers.

Sites	Male	Female
(e)	7 ± 9‡ (0–25)	4 ± 4‡ (0–12)
(f)	31 ± 13 (10–60)	35 ± 11 (18–50)
(g)	13 ± 5‡ (1–20)	13 ± 6†‡ (7–25)
(h)	12 ± 5‡ (6–25)	10 ± 7‡ (0–20)

(e); the middle point of the rectus femoris, f; the middle point of the vastus lateralis, g; the middle point between (e) and (h), (h); the distal two-thirds point of the rectus femoris. Unit; mm, Data; mean ± SD, Brackets: a range of minimum to maximum values. Males; n = 13, Females; n = 11. ^† Kruskal-Wallis and Steel-Dwass tests compared with (e), ^‡ Kruskal-Wallis and Steel-Dwass tests compared with (f) (p < 0.05).