Compression of the suprascapular nerve by a ganglion cyst of the spinoglenoid notch: The arthroscopic solution

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-79

  Lichtenberg, Sven ^a   Magosch, Petra ^a   Habermeyer, Peter ^a  

^a ATOS KLINIK HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Ganglion cyst; Spinoglenoid notch; Suprascapular nerve entrapment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GANGLION CYST; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; ARTHROSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GANGLION CYSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SCAPULA; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043128728     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-003-0443-y     Document Type: Article

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