Surgical intervention for thoracic outlet syndrome improves patient's quality of life

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 630-637

  Chang, David C ^a   Rotellini Coltvet, Lisa A ^a   Mukherjee, Debraj ^a   De Leon, Ricardo ^a   Freischlag, Julie A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIB RESECTION; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; SCALENECTOMY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 12; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; TRANSAXILLARY FIRST RIB RESECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK;

ADULT; COGNITION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REOPERATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBS; SICK LEAVE; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61349108033     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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