Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Treatment and Long-term Experience from the Surgical Department
Syndrom horní hrudní apertury – léčba a dlouhodobé zkušenosti z chirurgického pracoviště*
Syndrom horní hrudní apertury (TOS – Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) je nepříliš častý syndrom postihující především mladší pacienty, převážně ženy. Jeho symptomatologie je způsobena kompresí nervově cévního svazku ve fyziologických úžinách při výstupu z horní hrudní apertury. Příznaky jsou rozdělovány na neurologické a cévní. Léčba má být vždy, pokud se nejedná o akutní cévní příhodu, zpočátku konzervativní – rehabilitační, až poté chirurgická. Autoři ve svém sdělení popisují zkušenosti s diagnostikou, léčbou a jejími výsledky na chirurgickém pracovišti, které se touto problematikou dlouhodobě zabývá.
Klíčová slova:
komprese nervově cévního svazku, neurologické příznaky, cévní příznaky, diagnostika TOS, konzervativní léčba, chirurgická
léčba
Authors:
Z. Gregor; R. Vlachovský
Authors‘ workplace:
II. chirurgická klinika Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny, přednosta doc. MUDr. J. Leypold, CSc.
Published in:
Pracov. Lék., 58, 2006, No. 1, s. 28-32.
Category:
Review article
Overview
A thoracic outlet syndrome is not a very frequent syndrome affecting especially younger patients, predominantly women. Its symptomatology is caused by compression of a nervous and vascular plexus in a physiological isthmus in an upper thoracic aperture. The symptoms are divided to neurological and vascular ones. The treatment should always be conservative incl. rehabilitation unless the acute vascular incidence occurs, which is the indication for a surgical intervention. Authors describe in the paper their experience with diagnostics, treatment and its results at the surgical department which deals with the issue for a long time.
Key words:
compression of a nervous and vascular plexus, neurological symptoms, vascular symptoms, diagnostics of TOS, conservative treatment, surgical treatment.
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