A modified supraclavicular approach to scalenotomy without first rib resection for the treatment of neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome
Background: Current approaches to scalenectomy for brachial plexus decompression can cause nerve injuries in patients with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS), especially when first rib resection (FRR) is performed. We describe a modified supraclavicular approach for scalenotomy that reduces...
Main Authors: | Parménides Guadarrama-Ortíz, Ingrid Montes de Oca-Vargas, André Garibay-Gracián, José Alberto Choreño-Parra, César Osvaldo Ruíz-Rivero, Deyanira Capi-Casillas, Arturo Samuel Alpízar-Acevedo, Ángel Daniel Prieto-Rivera |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Elsevier
2021-09-01
|
Series: | Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751921001559 |
Similar Items
-
Surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome; by supraclavicular approach
by: Osman Abd Ellah Mohamed, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01) -
Recurrent arterial and new-onset neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome as a complication after previously inadequately excised first and cervical ribs
by: Dong, S., et al.
Published: (2022) -
A hard left supraclavicular mass in a young boy— is it cancer?
by: Kuganathan Ramasamy, et al.
Published: (2020-07-01) -
Usefulness of 3D CT in Diagnosis of Cervical Rib Presenting as Supraclavicular Swelling of Short Duration
by: Shruti Chandak, et al.
Published: (2014-05-01) -
Radiologic confirmation of bilateral cervical ribs in an adolescent
by: Sílvia Mota, MD, et al.
Published: (2021-04-01)