Two-surgeon approach to thoracic outlet syndrome: Long-term outcome

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 239-243

  Sharan, D ^a,b   Moulton, A ^a   Greatrex, G H ^a   Das, S K ^a   Whiteley, A M ^a   Srivastava, V M ^a  

^a Kingsmill Centre Sutton in Ashfield   (United Kingdom)

^b Civil Aerodrome Post   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; FIRST RIB; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 0032970325     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689909200507     Document Type: Article

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