[Transposition of the trapezius muscle in the management of deltoid muscle paralysis caused by injury to the axillary nerve].

Abstract

Authors report in connection with two cases, operated on with an operative procedure rather rare in the practice in this country. The deltoid paralysis, developed following the injury of the axillary nerve, was successfully treated with the transposition of the bony insertion of the trapezius muscle to the proximal part of the humerus.