Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Secondary to Clavicular Malunion

According to the literature, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to the malunion of displaced fractures of the clavicle is rare. Various surgical methods, including simple neurolysis, resection of the first rib or clavicle and corrective osteotomy, have been reported. We report a case of TOS se...

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Autores principales: Yoo, Moon Jib, Seo, Joong Bae, Kim, Jong Pil, Lee, Ju Hong
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Orthopaedic Association 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766689/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19884998
http://dx.doi.org/10.4055/cios.2009.1.1.54
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Sumario:According to the literature, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to the malunion of displaced fractures of the clavicle is rare. Various surgical methods, including simple neurolysis, resection of the first rib or clavicle and corrective osteotomy, have been reported. We report a case of TOS secondary to malunion of the clavicle that was treated by an anterior and middle scalenectomy without a rib resection.

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