Effects of shoulder position on axillary nerve positions during the split lateral deltoid approach

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 748-755

  Cheung, Sunny ^a   Fitzpatrick, Michael ^a   Lee, Thay Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axillary nerve; fracture reduction; hardware placement; iatrogenic nerve injury; proximal humeral fractures

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; ACROMION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY NERVE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTOID MUSCLE; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHOULDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHIES; CADAVER; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER JOINT; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 68749113940     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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