Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment

Post, Melvin; Mayer, John R.

doi:10.1097/00003086-198710000-00014

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“…We found 88 cases (83 patients) [2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,18,19,20,21,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47], which fulfilled the inclusion criteria. These cases were divided into two groups based on the cause of nerve entrapment.…”

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“…The majority reported, however, on pain resolution [1,4,5,9,11,15,17,18,21,25,28,29,31,34,30,39]. Unfortunately, the clinical outcome was stated in less than 50% of the studies.…”

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“…Isolated suprascapular nerve entrapment is well described in the literature but is a relatively rare entity [30,39]. Of all shoulder pain, 1-2% is caused by entrapment of the suprascapular nerve and therefore can be easily overlooked in the differential diagnosis of shoulder discomfort.…”

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Suprascapular nerve entrapment. A meta-analysis

Zehetgruber

Noske

Lang

et al. 2002

International Orthopaedics

147

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We performed a review of the literature between 1959 and 2001. We found 88 cases of suprascapular nerve entrapment, which fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Suprascapular nerve entrapment is rare and mainly occurs in patients under 40 years of age. Males are more likely to suffer from a ganglion compressing the nerve than females. If the patient's history reveals a trauma, it is more likely that the ligament is compromising the nerve. Ganglions usually cause isolated infraspinatus atrophy, whereas a combined atrophy of the supra-and infraspinatus muscles is more common in cases in which the nerve is compressed by the ligament.Résumé Nous avons fait une révision de la littérature entre 1959 et 2001 et avons trouvé 88 cas de compression du nerf suprascapulaire remplissant nos critères d'inclusion. La compression du nerf suprascapulaire est rare et se produit surtout chez des patients de moins de 40 ans. Il est probable que les hommes ont, plus volontiers que les femmes, une compression ganglionnaire qui comprime le nerf. Si l'histoire du malade révèle un traumatisme, il est vraisemblable que le ligament est en cause. Habituellement les ganglions causent une atrophie isolée du muscle infraspinatus, alors qu'une atrophie combinée des muscles supra -et infraspinatus est plus commune lorsque le nerf est comprimé par le ligament.

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“…The majority reported, however, on pain resolution [1,4,5,9,11,15,17,18,21,25,28,29,31,34,30,39]. Unfortunately, the clinical outcome was stated in less than 50% of the studies.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Suprascapular nerve entrapment. A meta-analysis

Zehetgruber

Noske

Lang

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International Orthopaedics

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“…Researchers [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] found that if there is evidence of muscular atrophy or severe pain, not controlled by drugs, the operation should not be delayed beyond three months.…”

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Suprascapular Nerve: Anatomical and Clinical Study

Metwally¹

2016

IJCEMS

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Abstract:The suprascapular nerve arises from the upper trunk (Erb's point) of the brachial plexus in the posterior triangle of the neck.This research was conducted to study the anatomy of the suprascapular nerve in the scapular region and its relation to both suprascapular and spinoglenoid notches. This data is very important in suprascapular nerve block and suprascapular nerve surgical decompression. Dissection of 20 scapular regions of 10 formalin preserved male cadavers was done. Also thirty three adult patients; 26 males and 7 females suffering from vague shoulder pain subjected to suprascapular nerve surgical decompression. In all cadaveric specimens, careful dissection and anatomical study of suprascapular nerve regarding its course, distribution and relations was carried out. Origin of the nerve was demonstrated from upper trunk of the brachial plexus. Passage of the nerve through a narrow medial compartment of supraglenoid canal in all cases has been identified. Measurements of two important diameters relevant to suprascapular notch were also reported. The transverse scapular ligament was identified to be of uniform thickness. In the clinical study of all cases with suprascapular nerve entrapment regardless its etiology whether idiopathic or not, conservative therapy by means of the exercise was of limited value especially for the motor affection. All of the cases were subjected to surgical maneuverer to decompress the nerve. It is concluded that the anatomical findings allow better choice of the surgical procedure, more precise surgical dissection, better results and fewer complications.

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“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] The nerve injury is common due to its proximity to the operative field. Mansat et al reported a nerve injury rate of 1.1% following rotator cuff repair.…”

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An osteological study of measurement of safe zone to prevent iatrogenic suprascapular nerve injury and its correlation with type of suprascapular notch

Hafezji

2016

Int J Res Med Sci

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Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment

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Suprascapular nerve entrapment. A meta-analysis

Suprascapular nerve entrapment. A meta-analysis

Suprascapular Nerve: Anatomical and Clinical Study

An osteological study of measurement of safe zone to prevent iatrogenic suprascapular nerve injury and its correlation with type of suprascapular notch

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