[A contribution to the macroscopic anatomy of the innervation of the knee capsule (author's transl)].

Preparation of the kknee joint capsule nerve branches of 30 human lower extremities. The capsule nerves arise out of the muscular branches both of the femoral and the obturator nerves. Moreover, a large number of capsule branches originate from all skin nerves in the neighbourhood of the nee joint as well as from the tibial and the common peroneal nerves. Any attempt at desensibilizing the knee capsule by sectioning all the nerve branches appears to be impossible. A partial section of the capsule nerve branches, on the medial side, would be, from technical point of view, easy. Whether such a intervention would be efficacious must be left for clinics to decide.