J. Ernesto Molina

2013

Thoracic outlet syndromes being neurogenic-arterial, venous, or caused by the presence of a cervical rib or other anomalies affect mostly young people comprising from teenagers to middle-aged people, most of them in their productive years and fully active physically, either at work or in sports. Throughout the years, many approaches and treatments have been proposed to deal with this problem. However, most of the information regarding thoracic outlet is found only as journal articles or short chapters included in regular surgery textbooks.