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SUBMITTER: Lafosse T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5620737 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lafosse Thibault T Le Hanneur Malo M Lafosse Laurent L
Arthroscopy techniques 20170710 4
Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome is caused by a neurologic compression of the brachial plexus before it reaches the arm. Three anatomic areas are common locations for such an entrapment because of their congenital and/or acquired tightness: the interscalene triangle, the costoclavicular space, and the retropectoralis minor space. Because the compression level usually remains unknown, the treatment is still controversial and most teams focus on only one potential site. We propose an all-endosc ...[more]