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Ten-year follow-up of suprascapular nerve decompression in a competitive volleyball player: a case report

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We present a case of 10-year follow-up in a 27-year-old female collegiate volleyball athlete with continued infraspinatus atrophy confirmed on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) despite compliance with physical therapy and rehabilitation following open suprascapular nerve (SSN) decompression. She successfully returned to sport post-operatively; however, at 10 year follow-up, had continued weakness and pain, without evidence of nerve injury on EMG. This is the first known report of 10-year follow-up in an athlete who underwent open SSN decompression without evidence of an associated spinoglenoid ganglion cyst with persistent right infraspinatus atrophy on MRI and clinical shoulder weakness without new injury.

Source: Journal of Surgical Case Reports

DOI: 10.1093/jscr/rjaf906

Authors: Gabrielle Orie, Ellen Lutnick, Robert H Ablove, Michael Rauh

Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Language: English

Topic: Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Subfield: Surgery

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,000