The Axillary Nerve and Its Relationship to Common Sports Medicine Shoulder Procedures

Overview

Journal Am J Sports Med

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 1986 Mar 1

PMID 3717479

Citations 16

Authors

W J BRYAN

K Schauder

H S Tullos

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Abstract

Cadaveric dissections have demonstrated the precarious nature of the axillary nerve with relationship to three common sports medicine shoulder procedures: the anteroinferior acromioplasty and rotator cuff repair incision, the inferior capsular shift procedure, and the posterior portal for shoulder arthroscopy.

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