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ArticleAnnals of vascular diseases2025

Improvement in Chest Pain Following Surgical Treatment for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

Shutaro Makita, Taku Suzuki, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Noboru Matsumura, Takuji Iwamoto, Masaya Nakamura

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Article in Annals of vascular diseases, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Shutaro MakitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Taku SuzukiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuhiro KiyotaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Noboru MatsumuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takuji IwamotoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Masaya NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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Abstract

A 41-year-old woman with a 1-year history of right chest pain, with normal cardiology and pulmonology assessments. The chest pain was reproducible upon upper limb elevation. Computed tomography (CT) angiography in the arm-elevated position revealed subclavian artery and vein stenosis at the costoclavicular space, and the diagnosis was neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS). Surgery involving endoscopic-assisted infraclavicular resection of the first rib and scalene muscles resulted in immediate postoperative symptom improvement. When chest pain persists after ruling out other conditions, neurogenic TOS should be considered in the differential diagnosis.

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chest painendoscopic-assisted infraclavicular approachthoracic outlet syndrome

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PMID40919190
PMCPMC12411741

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