Shoulder Posterior Approach
A 28-year-old male rugby player is scheduled for posterior Bankart repair and reverse Hill-Sachs lesion bone grafting for recurrent posterior shoulder instability. The surgeon plans to use a posterior approach to the shoulder with deltoid splitting. Regarding the posterior approach to the shoulder:
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The posterior approach is indicated for posterior shoulder instability repairs, reverse Hill-Sachs l...
Patient positioning is lateral decubitus or beach chair with the arm in a padded arm holder allowing...
The axillary nerve is not at risk in the posterior approach and does not require identification; the...
The axillary nerve crosses the deep surface of the deltoid approximately 5-7cm distal to the postero...
Deep dissection involves splitting or detaching the infraspinatus tendon near its insertion; the pos...
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