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ArticlePain management2024

A surgical approach to complex regional pain syndrome with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome in a reoperation patient.

William Tyler Crawley, Timbre Backen, Barbara Melendez, Stephen Annest

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Article in Pain management, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors.

William Tyler CrawleyHCA HealthOne - Swedish Medical Center, Department of Graduate Medical Education, 601 E Hampden, Suite 220, Englewood, CO 80113, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1281-3642
Timbre BackenHCA HealthOne - Swedish Medical Center, Department of Graduate Medical Education, 601 E Hampden, Suite 220, Englewood, CO 80113, USA.
Barbara MelendezVascular Institute of the Rockies (VIR), 4105 E Florida Ave., Denver, CO 80222, USA.
Stephen AnnestVascular Institute of the Rockies (VIR), 4105 E Florida Ave., Denver, CO 80222, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) are two etiologies of chronic pain. TOS is a group of conditions that occur due to compression of the neurovascular structures of the upper extremity while CRPS is a disorder characterized by chronic and unremitting pain. This case highlights the experience of a 22-year-old female who presented following a traumatic injury to her left arm and was initially diagnosed with neurogenic TOS and later CRPS. Over a 10-year-period, she underwent a total of four operations to try and address her debilitating pain. In our third-time reoperation, symptoms of both pathologies nearly completely resolved with extensive neurolysis of the left brachial plexus and application of a scar tissue barrier.

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Complex Regional Pain SyndromesReoperationThoracic Outlet SyndromeBrachial PlexusFemaleHumansTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultcase reportchronic painCRPSnTOSvascular surgery

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PMID39314112
PMCPMC11487965

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