Abstract
The knowledge of surgical anatomy of the shoulder in detail is extremely important. It allows us to best handle normal and complex surgery and to prevent or manage complications.
The aim of this chapter is to illustrate the shoulder surgical anatomy, pointing out the anatomic landmarks, the surgical intervals, the neurovascular structures, and their distance from the fixed bone landmarks. The description progresses from the superficial layer to the deep one. The classical anatomy of skeletal structures and ligaments is omitted, since it is usually included in anatomy texts.
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Castoldi, F., Pastrone, A., Marmotti, A. (2015). Surgical Main Anatomy of the Shoulder. In: Castoldi, F., Blonna, D., Assom, M. (eds) Simple and Complex Fractures of the Humerus. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5307-6_1
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