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The treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome: a comparison of different operations.
supraclavicular first rib resection with scalenectomy. Between 1964 and 1987, 668 primary operations were performed for thoracic outlet syndrome on 491 patients. Seventy-one percent were women.
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Computer-Assisted Instrumentation during Endoscopic Transaxillary First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Safe Alternate Approach
From November 1998 to July 2005, 105 patients who had failed conservative treatment underwent 131 procedures for thoracic outlet decompression ... in transaxillary first rib resection decreases ...
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Thoracic outlet syndromes in sport: a practical review in the face of limited evidence — unusual pain presentation in an athlete
Despite thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) being first described early in the 19th century ... Similarly, more research is required into the functional and performance effects of rib resection in the ...
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Quantification of the weakness and fatigue in thoracic outlet syndrome with isokinetic measurements
Correspondence to: Dr Levent Özçakar Hacettepe University Medical School, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara 06100, Turkey; lozcakaryahoo.com Objectives: Patients with thoracic outlet ... a ...