RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Axillary nerve course and position in the fetal period
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 396
OP 399
DO 10.17712/nsj.2015.4.20150007
VO 20
IS 4
A1 Tuğba Uluer
A1 Mustafa Aktekin
A1 Zeliha Kurtoğlu
A1 Semih Buluklu
A1 Dilan Karşıyaka
A1 Erdem Can
YR 2015
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/4/396.abstract
AB Objectives: To examine the fetal axillary nerve to reveal and compare its morphometric features within the second and third trimester.Methods: This study was conducted at the Anatomy Department, School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey. Thirty-five fetal shoulders were studied to provide anatomic data and to describe its position with regard to certain landmarks around the shoulder.Results: The shortest distance between the axillary nerve and the glenoid labrum was found 2.27 mm and 2.89 mm in the second and third trimester fetuses, respectively. The shortest distances between the anterior and posterior acromial tips and the axillary nerve were also measured and were used with arm length measurements to define the anterior and posterior indexes.Conclusion: The indexes show that the distance between the axillary nerve and the anterior/posterior acromial tips are approximately one-fourth of the arm length in both the second and third trimester fetuses. The data presented in this study will be of use to surgeons, particularly to pediatric and orthopedic surgeons who will undertake surgical procedures in the axilla and arm in the newborn or early childhood.