Femoral nerve palsy following Girdlestone resection arthroplasty: An observational cadaveric study

Table 2 Migration of femoral nerve entry points

Specimen	Lateral division				Medial division		Axial stress, n
	Rectus femoris	VL	TVI	VI (lat)	VI (med)	VM
11	23	37	36	16	2	4	98
12	27	33	30	17	4	6	97
21	19	28	26	19	5	3	107
22	24	30	31	20	6	7	101
31	30	32	40	21	6	4	96
32	22	24	28	14	7	4	100
41	17	19	24	12	8	8	88
42	23	27	31	13	5	6	95
Average	23.1	28.8	30.8	16.5	5.4	5.3	97.75

¹Left hip.

²Right hip.

Data are presented in mm. TVI: Tensor vastus intermedius; VI (lat): Lateral area of the vastus intermedius; VI (med): Medial area of the vastus intermedius; VL: Vastus lateralis; VM: Vastus medialis.