Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 69-73, February 2009

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Hani Abdul-Jabar MBBS BSc(Hons) MRCS(Eng) is a ST2 in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UK

Abbas Rashid MBBS BSc(Hons) MRCS(Eng) is a ST2 in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UK

Francis Lam MBBS MSc MRCS(Ed) FRCS(Orth) is Consultant in Trauma and Orthopaedics at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hillingdon Hospital, Uxbridge, UK

Abstract 

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is the constellation of symptoms caused by compression of neurovascular structures at the superior aperture of the thorax, properly the thoracic inlet! The diagnosis and treatment is contentious and some even question its existence. Symptoms are often confused with distal compression neuropathies or cervical radiculopathies.

Keywords: first rib, scalene muscles, thoracic outlet

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PII: S1877-1327(08)00200-5

doi:10.1016/j.mporth.2008.12.005

Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 23, Issue 1 , Pages 69-73, February 2009

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