ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2018
Diagnosing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Current Approaches and Future Directions.
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43 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 100 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pediatric thoracic outlet syndrome: a systematic review with metadata.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Pooled it
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Sport: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Human Disharmony Loop: The Role of the Pectoralis Minor in Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2026Article
- Congenital first and second rib fusion causing neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome in an adolescent.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026Article
- Imaging Spectrum of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Case Series Highlighting Arterial, Venous, and Neurogenic Subtypes.Cureus · 2026Article
- Postoperative Outcomes of Transaxillary First Rib Resection with Anterior Scalenotomy for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: An Ambispective Multimodal Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- An Overview of Vascular Compression Syndromes and Associations with Autonomic Dysfunction: A Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Anatomical and histological analysis of the scalene triangle in a Japanese population: implications for thoracic outlet syndrome diagnosis and management.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery first rib resection-surgical technique.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024Article
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2024Review
- Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome-A Case Study of a 23-Year-Old Female Patient Diagnosed Using a Thermal Imaging Camera.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Trans-Cervical Approach To The Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Participation of Arterial Ischemia in Positional-Related Symptoms among Patients Referred for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Current Clinical Concepts: Rehabilitation of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Journal of athletic training · 2024Review
- A rare case of overlapping thoracic outlet syndrome attributed to an anatomical variation in the anterior scalene muscle: Diagnostic challenges and treatment approaches.Radiology case reports · 2024Article
- Validity of Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Arterial Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.EJVES vascular forum · 2024Article
- A case series of first rib resection patients assessed with a novel MRI protocol for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.Journal of surgical case reports · 2023Article
- Exercise-induced deep vein thrombosis in the subclavian vein in an elite female athlete.BMJ case reports · 2023Article
- General Overview and Diagnostic (Imaging) Techniques for Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Differentially diagnosing chronic upper limb paresthesia in a 24-year-old patient: is thoracic outlet syndrome the culprit? A case report.The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association · 2023Article
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Abstract
The diagnosis of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) has long been a controversial and challenging one. Despite common presentations with pain in the neck and upper extremity, there are a host of presenting patterns that can vary within and between the subdivisions of neurogenic, venous, and arterial TOS. Furthermore, there is a plethora of differential diagnoses, from peripheral compressive neuropathies, to intrinsic shoulder pathologies, to pathologies at the cervical spine. Depending on the subdivision of TOS suspected, diagnostic investigations are currently of varying importance, necessitating high dependence on good history taking and clinical examination. Investigations may add weight to a diagnosis suspected on clinical grounds and suggest an optimal management strategy, but in this changing field new developments may alter the role that diagnostic investigations play. In this article, we set out to summarise the diagnostic approach in cases of suspected TOS, including the importance of history taking, clinical examination, and the role of investigations at present, and highlight the developments in this field with respect to all subtypes. In the future, we hope that novel diagnostics may be able to stratify patients according to the exact compressive mechanism and thereby suggest more specific treatments and interventions.
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