Longnecker's Anesthesiology > Part 4. Managing Anesthesia Care > Section E. Specialty Areas of Anesthetic Practice >

Chapter 53. Thoracic Anesthesia

Stuart J. Weiss, MD, PhD, and E. Andrew Ochroch, MD, MSCE

Anesthesia for Patients with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Topics Discussed:

anesthesia and pulmonary disease; anesthesia for procedure on thorax or chest; pancoast's syndrome; thoracic outlet syndrome.

Excerpt:

"Thoracic outlet syndrome refers to neurologic and vascular symptoms affecting the upper extremity resulting from compression of the neurovascular bundle at the thoracic outlet between the first rib and the clavicle or between the anterior scalene muscle and the medial scalene muscle.^78,250–253 The etiology is classified as either noncancerous or cancerous...."

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