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Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Treatment of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Published on: September 13, 2020
[Please Don't Forget the Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome]
Katja Weiss1, Jörg Grünert2, Beat Knechtle1,3
1Medbase St. Gallen am Vadianplatz, St. Gallen, Schweiz.
Abstract:
Please Don't Forget the Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Abstract. We report the case of a 52-year-old patient who was treated for years for headaches, pain in the neck and arms, and sweating. Despite various therapeutic approaches there was no improvement in the symptoms. Further investigations showed a bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome in the status after multiple bilateral rib fractures after a fall from a window at the age of 18. After the operation of a bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome, the headache disappeared almost completely and there was no more sweating.
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