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Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndromes: Diagnostic Considerations and Transaxillary First Rib Resection

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  1. Drazen Petrinec

    Present address: Department of Surgery, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH

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  1. Section of General Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

    Robert W. Thompson & Drazen Petrinec

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Thompson, R.W., Petrinec, D. Surgical Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndromes: Diagnostic Considerations and Transaxillary First Rib Resection. Annals of Vascular Surgery 11, 315–323 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100169900053

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