Injury of the suprascapular nerve in shoulder surgery: An anatomic study

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 372-376

  Shishido, Hiroaki ^a   Kikuchi, Shinichi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INNERVATION; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SUTURING METHOD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE WIRES; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ROTATOR CUFF; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0035409321     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mse.2001.115988     Document Type: Article

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