| Title |
Ar įmanoma diagnozuoti viršutinės krūtinės ląstos atvaros sindromą? / |
| Translation of Title |
Diagnostics of thoracic outlet syndrome: Is it possible? |
| Authors |
Bičkuvienė, Ilona ; Meškauskienė, Auksė |
| DOI |
10.15388/LietChirur.2008.2.2157 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Lietuvos chirurgija.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2008, t. 6, Nr. 2, p. 149-153.. ISSN 1392-0995. eISSN 1648-9942 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Clinical examination ; Treatment |
| Abstract [eng] |
TOS is the most controversial clinical problem in medicine. The diagnosis of TOS has always been difficult. There are no infallible diagnostic tests and methods. Some physicians deny its existence. The diagnostic and treatement possibilities are discussed. Two patient groups were evaluated – 16 patients with neurogenic TOS and 54 cases of TOS with vertebrobasilar transitorial ischaemic attacks and strokes. All patients were operated on. Scalenectomy, first and cervical rib resection were performed. In the majority of cases, after surgical treatment symptoms disappeared or significantly decreased in the first patient group. No one was healthy in the second group, and postoperative vertebrobasilar stroke was diagnosed for two patients. The recurrent TOS was diagnosed after two years after the first rib resection and only several months after scalenectomy (16% and 17% respectively). TOS needs to be diagnosed and treated, even if the correct diagnosis still depends on a careful clinical evaluation and physical examination of each patient. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2008 |
| CC license |
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