Combined surgical treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome: Transaxillary first rib resection and transcervical scalenectomy

Hand Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-82

  Atasoy, Erdoǧan ^a,b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Physicians Skin Care PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RIB RESECTION; SCALENE MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TRANSCERVICAL SCALENECTOMY;

EID: 0842289653     PISSN: 07490712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-0712(03)00077-5     Document Type: Review

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