CLINICAL AND ANATOMIC CONSIDERATIONS IN THE USE OF A NEW ANTERIOR INFERIOR SUBAXILLARY NERVE ARTHROSCOPY PORTAL

The axillary nerve has been an obstacle to safely creating bone tunnel s for arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, Anatomic dissections of 42 cad aver shoulders have defined anatomic relationships that have allowed t he authors to develop a safe arthroscopy portal distal to the axillary nerve, The senior author (SSB) has used this pol-tal without complica tions in achieving arthroscopic transosseous rotator cuff repair. This portal allows the proper angle of approach to locate the distal hole of the tunnel in strong cortical bone.