Anomalous Rib and Nonunion of a First Rib Fracture Causing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in a Football Player [PDF]
, 2022 HISTORY: An 18-year-old male right hand dominant football player with past medical history of complete right ACL tear presents with chronic right neck and shoulder pain for two years after a shoulder press exercise.
Bongbong, Dale +2 more
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Teaching Neuro Images : Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome [PDF]
Neurology, 2012 A 64-year-old man presented with a 5-month history of right neck and arm pain followed by progressive hand weakness. Cervical X-rays and MRI were normal. EMG disclosed lower trunk brachial plexopathy.
Luigetti, Marco +2 more
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Ultrasonographic Identification of Fibromuscular Bands Associated with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: The "Wedge-Sickle" Sign. [PDF]
, 2016 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a disorder characterized by compression of the lower trunk of the brachial plexus, most often in association with anomalous congenital fibromuscular bands in the scalenic region.
Arányi, Zsuzsanna +3 more
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Sport: A Systematic Review
Frontiers in Physiology, 2022 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a rare and heterogeneous syndrome secondary to a compression of the neurovascular bundle in the thoracic outlet area.
Thomas Garraud +17 more
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Surgical approaches for thoracic outlet decompression in the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome [PDF]
, 2023 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a controversial and uncommon syndrome. Three different diagnoses can be made based on the compressed structure: arterial TOS, venous TOS, and neurogenic TOS.
Goeteyn, Jens +5 more
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Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Treated Successfully with Totally Endoscopic First Rib Resection
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2017 Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a constellation of signs and symptoms caused by compression of the neurovascular structures in the thoracic outlet. TOS may be classified as either neurogenic TOS (NTOS) or vascular TOS: venous TOS (VTOS) or arterial TOS
Sofoklis Mitsos +7 more
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Technique of supraclavicular decompression for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome [PDF]
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2015 The supraclavicular approach to scalenectomy and first rib resection has been modified since the original description in 1985. The incision is 1 to 2 cm above the clavicle, 1 cm lateral to the midline, and 5 to 7 cm long. Subplatysmal skin flaps are created.
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Single Center Experience on Robotic Assisted First Rib Resection and Literature Review. [PDF]
, 2022 Background Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a pathological condition caused by a narrowing between the clavicle and first rib leading to a compression of the neurovascular bundle to the upper extremity.
Azenha, Luis Filipe +7 more
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The spectrum of arterial compression at the thoracic outlet [PDF]
, 2010 ObjectiveIn the absence of ischemic events, arterial pathology at the thoracic outlet (TO) is rarely identified because findings of chronic arterial pathology may be masked by symptoms of neurogenic compression.
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Sonographic diagnosis of true neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome [PDF]
Neurology, 2013 A 32-year-old woman presented with a 5-year history of left shoulder pain, medial hand and forearm numbness, and progressive hand weakness and atrophy. Electrodiagnostic studies were characteristic of true neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome,1 and a chest X-ray showed bilateral elongated C7 transverse processes.
Simon, Neil G +3 more
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