6 years (47 to 71 inhibitor Erlotinib years). The average height was 180 cm (170 to 180 cm), with an average weight of 71.2 kg (60 to 100 kg), and all the cadavers were male. The procedure was carried out in accordance with the technique described by Lafosse et al. 5 It consists of five main stages: (a) exposure and preparation of the coracoid, (b) divulsion of the subscapularis, (c) osteotomy on the coracoid; (d) transfer of the coracoid with the fixation guide, and (e) fixation of the coracoid. After performing the surgery, the samples were dissected by an independent examiner (a shoulder surgeon who had not participated in the surgical procedure) and were submitted to radiographies in axillary lateral view. Anatomical and radiographic parameters were analyzed using a handheld pachymeter graduated in millimeters.

Nerve injuries were classified as: contact, stretch, partial injury or complete injury. Tendon injury was classified as: minimal injury (<10%), partial injury (>10%) or complete. The parameters and the distances measured are described in Table 1. Table 1 Parameters evaluated. Cases with the following characteristics were considered satisfactory: absence of neurological lesions, absence of tendon lesions, appropriate graft height, appropriate tilt of the screws in the axillary view (<15��), absence of diastasis and absence of articular deviation of the graft. (Figure 2) Figure 2 Image of anatomical piece after dissection. Case considered satisfactory. Statistical analysis A descriptive analysis (means and standard deviations) was used to the anatomical parameters and the surgical time.

The neurological and tendon integrity were expressed in percentage. The correlations between cases with complications and with satisfactory results, in relation to the surgeon who performed the operation, were made through the Chi-squared test, with a significance level of 5%. RESULTS Four surgeries were considered satisfactory (25%). The average duration of the procedure was 137 minutes (60 to 180 minutes). Each surgeon performed a procedure adequately and there was no variation between the criteria considered satisfactory (p = 1.00). The number of cases with complications did not vary between the surgeons either (p = 0.986). Two surgeons successfully performed the first procedure and the others the third. The measurements taken are described in Table 2 and the complications found in Table 3.

Table 2 Measurement of the parameters evaluated. Table 3 Complications. Radiographic results The radiographic evaluation in the axillary lateral view showed that the average angulation of the screws in relation to the glenoid articular line was 26.1�� (2�� to Drug_discovery 66��) for the upper screw and 28.3�� (2�� to 70��) for the lower screw. (Figure 3) Figure 3 Radiography in axillary lateral view: evaluation of the tilt of the screws in relation to the glenoid axis. Dissection The average length of the coracoid process graft was 23.8 mm (18 to 32 mm).