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A case of bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome combined with bilateral radial tunnel syndrome is reported. Persisting complaints in the upper extremities after bilateral first-rib resection and scalenotomy were due to radial nerve entrapment in the radial tunnel. Although this bilateral double-crush phenomenon is extremely rare, and has not been reported previously, persistence of symptoms after initial treatment of a nerve entrapment is an indication to search for another site of compression.
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Putters, J.L.M., Kaulesar Sukul, D.M.K.S. & Johannes, E.J. Bilateral thoracic outlet syndrome with bilateral radial tunnel syndrome: a double-crush phenomenon. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 111, 242–243 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571487
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