Surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome secondary to clavicular malunion.
According to the literature, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to the malunion of displaced fractures of the clavicle is rare. Various surgical methods, including simple neurolysis, resection of the first rib or clavicle and corrective osteotomy, have been reported. We report a case of TOS secondary to malunion of the clavicle that was treated by an anterior and middle scalenectomy without a rib resection.
Yoo
Moon Jib
MJ
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
Seo
Joong Bae
JB
Kim
Jong Pil
JP
Lee
Ju Hong
JH
D000328:Adult; D002968:Clavicle / Q000293:injuries*; D017759:Fractures, Malunited / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013901:Thoracic Outlet Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*