ADDUCTOR orHUNTER'Sor SUBSARTORIAL CANAL
Definition This is also called the subsartorial canal or Hunter's canal. John Hunter (1729-1793) was an anatomist and surgeon at London. Hunter's operation for the treatment ofpopliteal aneurysm by ligating the femoral artery in the adductor canal is a landmark in the history of vascular surgery. The adductor canal is an intermuscular space situated on the medial side of the middle one-third of the thigh
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