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Incidence of clinically evident isolated axillary nerve injury in 869 primary anatomic and reverse total shoulder arthroplasties without routine identification of the axillary nerve

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that, during primary shoulder arthroplasty, surgeons should identify the axillary nerve through direct visualization, palpation, or the “tug test” to prevent iatrogenic nerve injury. Our goal was to document the rate of isolated axillary nerve injury (IANI) in patie...

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Published in:JSES Open Access
Main Authors: LiBrizzi, Christa L., Rojas, Jorge, Joseph, Jacob, Bitzer, Alexander, McFarland, Edward G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Elsevier 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6444175/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984892
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jses.2018.12.002
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