A cadaveric study of the serratus anterior muscle and the long thoracic nerve

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 790-794

  Hamada, Junichiro ^a   Igarashi, Emi ^a   Akita, Keiichi ^b   Mochizuki, Tomoyuki ^b  

^a Kuwano Kyoritsu Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG THORACIC NERVE; LONG THORACIC NERVE INJURY; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SCAPULA; SERRATUS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORAX;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SCAPULA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; THORACIC NERVES;

EID: 51249117120     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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