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Surgical Techniques: Approach to the Axillosubclavian Artery

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Exposure of the axillosubclavian artery can be challenging due to the surrounding bony structures, bulky pectoralis muscles, and adjacent nerves. A thorough understanding of the thoracic outlet anatomy facilitates surgical exposure of both the subclavian and axillary arteries. However, given the complex anatomy within a confined surgical field, even to an expert exposure of these vessels is certainly not without risk. This chapter will serve as a review of both the supraclavicular and infraclavicular approaches to the axillosubclavian artery.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 652, Rochester, NY, 14642, USA

    Michael J. Singh MD, FACS, RPVI

  2. Private Practice, Vascular Surgery, Rochester, NY, USA

    Dustin J. Fanciullo MD, RPVI

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Correspondence to Michael J. Singh MD, FACS, RPVI .

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  1. , Division of Vascular Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa General Circle, STC 7016 2, Tampa, 33606, Florida, USA

    Karl A. Illig

  2. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Department of Surgery, Washington University, Queeny Tower Campus Box, St. Louis, 63110, Missouri, USA

    Robert W. Thompson

  3. , Department of Surgery, John Hopkins Medical Institutions, Rutland Avenue - Ross 759 729, Baltimore, 21205, Maryland, USA

    Julie Ann Freischlag

  4. , Department of Thoracic Surgery, Blake 15, Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street 55, Boston, 02114, Massachusetts, USA

    Dean M. Donahue

  5. Neurological Associates of West LA, Wilshire Blvd, Suite 790 2811, Santa Monica, 90403, California, USA

    Sheldon E. Jordan

  6. , Graduate Program in Physical Therapy, UCSF/SFSU, Balmoral Street 2429, Union City, 94587, California, USA

    Peter I. Edgelow

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Singh, M.J., Fanciullo, D.J. (2013). Surgical Techniques: Approach to the Axillosubclavian Artery. In: Illig, K., Thompson, R., Freischlag, J., Donahue, D., Jordan, S., Edgelow, P. (eds) Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4366-6_85

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