ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2024
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery first rib resection-surgical technique.
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- Intraoperative Electromyographic Evaluation of Brachial Plexus Decompression During the Roos Surgical Procedure for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- First report of robot-assisted surgical resection of the first rib via a posterior approach for the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Augmented reality-assisted infraclavicular first rib resection for arterial and venous thoracic outlet syndrome: a case series.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2025Article
- Is a paradigm shift from conventional to robotic approaches necessary in first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome?Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
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Abstract
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a rare condition resulting from the compression of the brachial plexus and/or the subclavian vessels in the thoracic outlet (TO). Neurogenic TOS (NTOS) is the most common form in up to 95% of the cases, while venous TOS (VTOS) occurs in 3-5% and arterial TOS (ATOS) in 1-2% of the cases. Patients may suffer from the pathologic coexistence of arterio-venous compression in the TO called arterio-venous TOS (AVTOS) with an overlap of clinical symptoms. While imaging studies such as computed tomography (CT)-angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-angiography and duplex sonography are helpful to detect the underlying condition in vascular pathologies, electrodiagnostic testing is necessary to distinguish NTOS from other peripheral neuropathies. Subclavian vein (SV)-compression in the TO can result in venous thrombosis, called Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS), named after the discoverers of the disease. Besides oral anticoagulation in cases with venous upper extremity thrombosis and multimodal conservative treatment in the management of NTOS, surgical decompression is the current standard of care for TOS. Surgical decompression aims to remove structures compressing the brachial plexus or the subclavian vasculature in the TO. In NTOS, when conservative management has failed, surgical resection of the 1
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