title: Bypass surgery in arterial thoracic outlet syndrome.
abstract: Arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) causes ischemic symptoms; it is the rarest type, occurring in 5% of all TOS cases. This paper is a case report of a 38-year-old male patient diagnosed with arterial TOS, displaying symptoms of acute critical limb ischemia caused by thromboembolism. Brachial artery of the patient has been diffusely damaged by repeated occurrence of thromboembolism. It was thought to be not enough only decompression of subclavian artery to relieve the symptoms of hand ischemia; therefore, bypass surgery using reversed great saphenous vein was performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Miju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Chung Won
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Sung Woon
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Jinseok
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pusan National University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Min Su
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Thoracic outlet syndrome; Thromboembolism; Vascular grafting