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The American Journal of Sports Medicine 14:113-116 (1986)
© 1986 SAGE Publications

The axillary nerve and its relationship to common sports medicine shoulder procedures

William Jay Bryan, MD

Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Keith Schauder, MD

Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Hugh S. Tullos, MD

Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Cadaveric dissections have demonstrated the precar ious nature of the axillary nerve with relationship to three common sports medicine shoulder procedures: the anteroinferior acromioplasty and rotator cuff repair incision, the inferior capsular shift procedure, and the posterior portal for shoulder arthroscopy.




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