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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