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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;75:1096
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

Henning A. Gaissert, MD

Department of Surgery, Blake 1570 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA

e-mail: hgaissert@partners.org

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Nerve compression due to thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is now understood as one form of entrapment neuropathy of the upper extremity, recognizing the frequent coexistence with distal nerve compression in elbow and wrist. There is both widespread agreement that no individual neurophysiologic test can establish the diagnosis of TOS and disagreement about the indication and extent of operative decompression. The differences between skeptics and defenders of surgical therapy seem irreconcilable by current evidence. In a 1994 editorial in . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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