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An obese patient is brought into the casualty in shock and in need of intravenous fluids. No superficial veins can be seen or palpated. The emergency room physician decides to make an incision to locate the great saphenous vein for the inseion of a cannula (“saphenous cutdown”). In which of the following locations should the incision be made?

AAnterior to the lateral malleolus
BAnterior to the medial malleolus
COn the dorsum of the foot, lateral to the extensor hallucis longus tendon
DPosterior to the lateral malleolus
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