Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Secondary to Clavicular Malunion.

Author: Moon Jib YOO ¹ ; Joong Bae SEO ; Jong Pil KIM ; Ju Hong LEE
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1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. kimjp@dankook.ac.kr
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Clavicle; Malunion; Thoracic outlet syndrome; Scalenetomy
MeSH: Adult; Humans; Low Back Pain/etiology; Lumbar Vertebrae/surgery; Male; Postoperative Complications/*microbiology; Spondylitis/etiology/*microbiology; Thoracic Vertebrae/*microbiology/pathology; Tuberculosis/drug therapy/*microbiology; Tuberculosis, Spinal/complications/drug therapy/*microbiology; Adult; Clavicle/*injuries; Fractures, Malunited/*complications; Humans; Male; Thoracic Outlet Syndrome/etiology/radiography/*surgery
From:Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery 2009;1(1):54-57
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:English
Abstract: According to the literature, thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) secondary to the malunion of displaced fractures of the clavicle is rare. Various surgical methods, including simple neurolysis, resection of the first rib or clavicle and corrective osteotomy, have been reported. We report a case of TOS secondary to malunion of the clavicle that was treated by an anterior and middle scalenectomy without a rib resection.