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Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Treatment of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Published on: September 13, 2020
Thoracic outlet syndrome caused by a latissimus dorsi flap for breast reconstruction
1Department of Surgery and Plastic Surgery, HCA Medical Center Hospital, Houston.
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|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
After undergoing bilateral breast reconstruction with latissimus dorsi flaps, a 34-year-old woman developed right-sided thoracic outlet syndrome. At operation, the latissimus dorsi flap was found to have formed a constrictive muscle sling that compressed the thoracic outlet. To the author's knowledge, thoracic outlet syndrome has not previously occurred under these circumstances.
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