Diagnosis and Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

• Main Author: Julie Ann Freischlag (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Natalia O. Glebova (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Medicine; supraclavicular resection; transaxillary first rib resection; arterial TOS; thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS); neurogenic TOS; venous TOS
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a spectrum of disorders resulting from the compression of the neurovascular structures within the thoracic outlet. The three main subtypes of TOS are defined by the anatomic structure affected by the extrinsic compression. In the most common subtype-neurogenic TOS-t...