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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Neurogenic)

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Thoracic outlet syndrome is a very poorly understood and underappreciated diagnosis. This chapter will hopefully help clarify this nebulous diagnosis.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Clinical Faculty, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle Spine and Sports Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

    Virtaj Singh MD

  2. Pain Management Division, Department of Anesthesiology, Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX, USA

    Christopher J. Burnett MD.

  3. Seattle Spine and Sports Medicine, 3213 Eastlake Ave. East, Suite A, Seattle, WA, 98102, USA

    Richard E. Seroussi MD, MSc

  4. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Courtesy Clinical Faculty, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Richard E. Seroussi MD, MSc

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Correspondence to Virtaj Singh MD .

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  1. Pain and Headache Center, Anchorage, AK, USA

    Andrea M. Trescot MD, ABIPP, FIPP (Medical Director) (Medical Director)

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Singh, V., Burnett, C.J., Seroussi, R.E. (2016). Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Neurogenic). In: Trescot, A.M. (eds) Peripheral Nerve Entrapments. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27482-9_33

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