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  • Condition: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Chylothorax and/or Chylous Ascites
  • Journal: Medicine
  • Treatment Used: Glucocorticoids, Immunosuppressants, and Surgery
  • Number of Patients: 15
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The study researched treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus with chylothorax and/or chylous ascites.
  • Condition: Borderline Left Heart Hypoplasia
  • Journal: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery
  • Treatment Used: Half-turned Truncal Switch Operation after Single Ventricle Palliation
  • Number of Patients: 1
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The study researched the safety and effectiveness of a half-turned truncal switch operation for single ventricle palliation for borderline left heart hypoplasia.
  • Condition: Children with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)
  • Journal: Cirugia pediatrica : organo oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Cirugia Pediatrica
  • Treatment Used: Supraclavicular Approach
  • Number of Patients: 4
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This study evaluated the supraclavicular (above the collarbone) approach in children with thoracic outlet syndrome (condition in which there is compression of the nerves, arteries, or veins in the passageway from the lower neck to the armpit; TOS).
  • Condition: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Journal: Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation
  • Treatment Used: Intensive, Hospital Based Rehabilitation
  • Number of Patients: 63
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This study tested the safety and efficacy of using an intensive, hospital-based rehabilitation regimen to treat patients with thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Condition: Symptomatic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Journal: Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
  • Treatment Used: Kinesio Taping
  • Number of Patients: 60
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The study researched the outcomes of kinesio taping for pain, numbness, function, and overall health in patients with symptomatic thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Condition: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Journal: Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A
  • Treatment Used: Supraclavicular Versus Transaxillary First Rib Resection
  • Number of Patients: 82
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In this study, researchers compared the outcomes of supraclavicular versus transaxillary first rib resection for the treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Condition: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Journal: Multimedia manual of cardiothoracic surgery : MMCTS
  • Treatment Used: Supraclavicular Excision of a Cervical Rib
  • Number of Patients: 1
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This case report describes a video where a patient underwent supraclavicular excision of their cervical rib to treat thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Condition: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Journal: Annals of vascular surgery
  • Treatment Used: First Rib Resection
  • Number of Patients: 32
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This study tested the safety and efficacy of using a first rib resection to treat patients with thoracic outlet syndrome.
  • Condition: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)
  • Journal: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
  • Treatment Used: Ropivacaine Injection Guided by Ultrasonography
  • Number of Patients: 38
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This study evaluated the effectiveness of ropivacaine injection in each belly of the anterior and middle scalene muscles, guided by ultrasonography, in the treatment of Nonspecific Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (compression of nerves and blood vessels; TOS) compared to cutaneous pressure.
  • Condition: Upper Extremity Central Venous Occlusion
  • Journal: Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders
  • Treatment Used: Venous Bypass Combined with Thoracic Outlet Decompression
  • Number of Patients: 14
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This study described experience with venous bypass combined with thoracic outlet decompression in a cohort of symptomatic patients with subclavian vein occlusion.
  • Condition: Nonspecific Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS)
  • Journal: Hand surgery & rehabilitation
  • Treatment Used: Surgical Treatment
  • Number of Patients: 70
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This study evaluated the clinical and functional outcomes after surgical treatment of nonspecific thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) using a supraclavicular approach.
  • Condition: Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Journal: Journal of vascular surgery
  • Treatment Used: Surgery and physical therapy
  • Number of Patients: 183
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The study researched the effects of surgery and physical therapy for neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome.
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