Establishing Safe Zones to Avoid Nerve Injury in the Approach to the Humerus in Pediatric Patients A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

摘要

Background: The surgical anatomy of upper-extremity peripheral nerves in adults has been well described as "safe zones" or specific distances from osseous landmarks. In pediatrics, relationships between nerves and osseous landmarks remain ambiguous. The goal of our study was to develop a model to accurately predict the location of the radial and axillary nerves in children to avoid iatrogenic injury when approaching the humerus in this population.