What many clinicians call the thoracic outlet is really the scalene triangle divisible into a lower portion or thoracic outlet (for subclavian vessels and nerve roots C8 and T1) and an upper ...

Sixty percent of subclavian artery injuries were associated with brachial plexus injuries compared with 11% of brachial artery injuries that had coexistent median or radial nerve damage. (Enlarge ...

Most of them, in fact, are quite different. Strasburg had neurogenic TOS, a condition caused by nerve compression that can lead to numbness and tingling from a pitcher’s shoulder to the fingertips.

Instead, the nerve bypasses point A, goes down into the thorax, wraps around the right subclavian artery, then completes its journey back up into the larynx. Pretty long detour, right? Right.

Meeting Coverage > STS Subclavian TAVR Safe When Femoral Access Is Risky — Trial analysis shows similar morbidity, mortality. by Crystal Phend, Senior Associate Editor, MedPage Today January 24 ...

COMPRESSION of the subclavian artery is well known as an essential aspect of the pathology of cervical rib, the scalenus syndrome and anomalies of the first thoracic rib. The demonstration of this ...

Oxygenated blood enters the shoulder area through the subclavian artery below the collarbone. ... Median nerve: This nerve branches down into the hand where it serves the thumb, ...

A panel of 18 adipokines was measured in perioperatively obtained blood samples from the subclavian vein and ... macrophage colony-stimulating factor, resistin, nerve growth factor (NGF ...