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The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 82:599 (2000)
© 2000 The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Letters to The Editor

Letters to The Editor

Spinoglenoid Ligament

Mehmet Demirhan, M.D., Craig A. Cummins, M.D., Kyle Anderson, M.D., Mark Bowen, M.D., Gordon Nuber, M.D. and Sanford I. Roth, M.D.

To The Editor:

I read with great interest the article "Anatomy and Histological Characteristics of the Spinoglenoid Ligament" (80-A: 1622-1625, Nov. 1998), by Cummins et al. In the section on clinical relevance, the authors emphasized that the spinoglenoid ligament may cause suprascapular nerve entrapment, particularly during overhead athletic activities.

In our study1, my colleagues and I found that 61 percent (fourteen) of twenty-three shoulders had a spinoglenoid ligament and, during cross-body adduction and internal rotation of the glenohumeral joint, the suprascapular nerve was stretched underneath the spinoglenoid . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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