The axillary nerve and its relationship to common sports medicine shoulder procedures
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Vol. 14 (2) , 113-116
- https://doi.org/10.1177/036354658601400203
Abstract
Cadaveric dissections have demonstrated the precar ious 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.Keywords
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