Arthroscopic Release of Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment at the Suprascapular Notch: Technique and Preliminary Results

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Lafosse, Laurent ^a   Tomasi, Andrea ^a   Corbett, Steve ^a   Baier, Gloria ^a   Willems, Karel ^a   Gobezie, Reuben ^b  

^a Clinique Generale   (France)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Endoscopy; Rotator cuff; Shoulder portals; Subacromial impingement; Suprascapular nerve; Suprascapular notch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCAPULA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845932572     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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