Isolated Axillary Nerve Injury in an Elite High School American Football Player: A Case Report.
Sports Health
; 11(6): 550-553, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
An elite high school American football athlete sustained a traumatic, isolated, axillary nerve injury. Axillary nerve injuries are uncommon, but serious injuries in American football. With the advent of nerve transfers and grafts, these injuries, if diagnosed in a timely manner, are treatable. This case report discusses the multidisciplinary approach necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of an elite high school American football player who presented with marked deltoid atrophy. The athlete's injury was diagnosed via electrodiagnostic testing and he underwent a medial triceps nerve to axillary nerve transfer. After appropriate postsurgical therapy, the athlete was able to return to American football the subsequent season and continue performing at an elite level. This case report reviews the evaluation and modern treatment for axillary nerve injuries in the athlete, including nerve transfers, nerve grafts, and return to play.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Axila
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Traumatismos de los Nervios Periféricos
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Fútbol Americano
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Adolescent
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Sports Health
Año:
2019
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Article