Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Whiplash Injury

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome in whiplash injury.

A prospective study of 110 patients was carried out to determine the pathogenic significance of trauma to the upper body in the development of neural compressive irritation at the thoracic outlet. Twenty-nine patients were reviewed as cervical strain injuries (N group), 25 patients as probable neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS) (PT group), 39 patients as definite NTOS (T group), and 17 ...

Burners / Stingers , Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Nerve Injury

Thoracic outlet syndrome.

"Thoracic outlet syndrome" is a term ascribed to a complex clinical entity encompassing complicated neurovascular signs, symptoms and pathology of the upper extremity. Controversies exist concerning its causes, diagnosis, and treatment despite years of intense study of hundreds of patients. Although there is no universal agreement on the diagnostic and treatment modalities to be applied to each...

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome

sustained a whiplash injury in a car accident within the year, schedules an office visit for evaluation of pain she has been experiencing for 7 months in the right side of her neck and the trapezius. The pain radiates down the medial aspect of her right arm to the 4th and 5th digits, and it worsens when she brushes her hair or lifts bags of groceries. She feels her quality of life is significan...

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is the constellation of symptoms caused by compression of neurovascular structures at the superior aperture of the thorax, properly the thoracic inlet! The diagnosis and treatment is contentious and some even question its existence. Symptoms are often confused with distal compression neuropathies or cervical