منابع مشابه
Post-traumatic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS).
TOS is a compressive non-tumorous syndrome of the brachial plexus. It is possible, however, to consider as TOS the irritative and lesional plexus syndrome following trauma as long as compression (or traction) on the nerves is triggered by long-lasting pathological changes of the area after trauma. Overload work of judges and lawyers after traffic accidents does not help to remind the real victi...
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Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) due to thoracic trauma is a rare disorder. Surgical treatment of TOS is especially rare. We report here a case of traumatic TOS caused by right 1st rib and clavicular fracture after a traffic accident. The patient underwent first rib resection and open reduction with fixation of the clavicle through axillary and supraclavicular incisions.
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"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...
متن کاملNeurogenic 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...
متن کاملThoracic 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
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.47.1169