1999
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909000948
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The position of the axillary nerve in the deltoid muscle: A cadaveric study

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“…Strong correlation was also observed when the full arm length, ie 56.76 ± 3.6 cm, was correlated with the distance of axillary nerve.The association was stronger for arm length than for full arm length. These findings were similar to the observations made by Gulihar et al [5] Kontakis et al [9] measured the distance of Axillary nerve from the upper border of the deltoid muscle and correlated it with deltoid ratio. They found it as a useful guide for estimation of the position of the nerve at the time of surgery.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
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“…Strong correlation was also observed when the full arm length, ie 56.76 ± 3.6 cm, was correlated with the distance of axillary nerve.The association was stronger for arm length than for full arm length. These findings were similar to the observations made by Gulihar et al [5] Kontakis et al [9] measured the distance of Axillary nerve from the upper border of the deltoid muscle and correlated it with deltoid ratio. They found it as a useful guide for estimation of the position of the nerve at the time of surgery.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…[1] The fracture of proximal end of the humerus accounts for more than 5% of all bone fractures and that such fractures largely occur among elderly osteoporotic patients. [2,3] Many workers have studied the safe area for axillary nerve by measuring its distance from various landmarks like acromian process [4][5][6], head of the humerus [7], greater tubercle [8]and upper border of Deltoid [9] etc. The acromian process being an easily palpated bony landmark was used in the present study.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Knowledge of its path and anatomical relationships is important in this respect (1,(12)(13)(14) . In a study carried out on 67 cadavers at the University of Crete, in Greece, Kontakis et al (15) found three cases (two women) in which there was a difference of 1-2 cm in the position of the axillary nerve between the right and left sides.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Using the anterosuperior deltoid splitting approach for internal fixation of proximal humeral fractures, we achieved 22 out of 23 , and a mean internal rotation at the 12th thoracic vertebra (range, 6th thoracic vertebra-sacrum). For clinical outcome, we found a mean UCLA score of 28.3 (range, 15 to 34); 3 cases of 'excellent' scores; 12 'good'; and 8 'poor', and finally, we found a mean KSS score of 82.1 (range, 67 to 95).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since the authors could not insert internal support screws, we aimed to anatomically reduce the posteromedial calcar, which is an important structure that maintains reduced humeral heads, by as much as possible. Nevertheless, other surgeons have shown that if the lateral 5 cm [21][22][23] or 4.2 cm 24) of the acromion is not disturbed during the deltoid splitting, [21][22][23] the axillary nerve will be preserved. However, this also shows that variations exist as to the exact region which the surgeons regard as a 'safe zone'.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%