Botulinum toxin injection in neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome: Results and experience using a ultrasound-guided approach

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 973-980

  Torriani, Martin ^a   Gupta, Rajiv ^a   Donahue, Dean M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection; Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome. Botulinum toxin; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; IOPAMIDOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX OUTLET SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957838229     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-0897-1     Document Type: Article

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