Subpectoral biceps tenodesis: An anatomic study and evaluation of at-risk structures

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2337-2341

  Dickens, Jonathan F ^a   Kilcoyne, Kelly G ^a   Tintle, Scott M ^a   Giuliani, Jeffrey ^a   Schaefer, Richard A ^a,b   Rue, John Paul ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

biceps tenodesis; brachial artery; musculocutaneous nerve; radial nerve

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TENODESIS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; ROTATION; TENDONS; TENODESIS; UPPER EXTREMITY; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 84867063139     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512457654     Document Type: Article

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