The anatomic relationships of the axillary nerve and surgical landmarks for its localization from anterior aspect of the shoulder

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-277

  Apaydin, Nihal ^a   Uz, Aysun ^a   Bozkurt, Murat ^b,c   Elhan, Alaittin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Axillary nerve; Shoulder capsule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LIGAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 33947167203     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20361     Document Type: Article

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