TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. Y1 - 2010 N1 - T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Variety of disorders caused by arterial, venous, or neural compression at base of neck• Mechanical causes for compression include: -Cervical rib-Anomalous ligaments-Anterior scalene hypertrophy-Positional changes with relation to first rib• Patients may describe history of cervical trauma• Symptoms rare prior to adulthood, suggesting alteration of normal structure with age is cause• Subclavian artery stenosis: Arterial stenosis and poststenotic dilation• Subclavian vein compression: Can lead to effort thrombosis (Paget-Schroetter) SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58102628 ER -