RT Book, Section
A1 Alvelo-Rivera, Miguel
A1 Patel, Amit N.
A1 Landreneau, Rodney J.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Colson, Yolonda L.
A2 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Krasna, Mark J.
A2 Mentzer, Steven J.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
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ID 1105846695
T1 Thoracoscopic First Rib Resection with Dorsal Sympathectomy
T2 Adult Chest Surgery, 2e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-178189-3
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105846695
RD 2024/04/19
AB Thoracic  outlet  syndrome  (TOS),  a  term  coined  by  Rob  and  Standeven,1  refers  to  symptomatic  compression  of  the  structures  of  the  thoracic  outlet  (subclavian  vessels  and  brachial  plexus)  at  the  superior  opening  of  the  chest.  It  was  previously  designated  as  scalenus  anticus,  costoclavicular,  hyperabduction,  cervical  rib,  and  first  thoracic  rib  syndromes  according  to  presumed  etiologies.  The  various  syndromes  are  similar,  and  the  compression  mechanism  is  often  difficult  to  identify.  Most  compressive  factors  operate  against  an  osseous  structure,  most  commonly  the  first  rib.2,3