Open AccessThoracic Outlet Syndrome Part I: Systematic Review of the Literature and Consensus on Anatomy, Diagnosis, and Classification of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome by the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies' Section of Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Author(s) -
Nora F. Dengler,
Stefano Ferraresi,
Shimon Rochkind,
Natalia Denisova,
Debora Garozzo,
Christian Heinen,
Ridvan Alimehmeti,
Crescenzo Capone,
Damiano G. Barone,
Anna Zdunczyk,
Maria Teresa Pedro,
Gregor Antoniadis,
Radek Kaiser,
Annie Dubuisson,
Thomas Kretschmer,
Lukas Rasulić
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.455
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1227/neu.0000000000001908
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , medline , delphi method , observational study , systematic review , evidence based medicine , peripheral nerve , randomized controlled trial , surgery , physical therapy , medical physics , pathology , alternative medicine , statistics , mathematics , political science , law , anatomy
Although numerous articles have been published not only on the classification of thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) but also on diagnostic standards, timing, and type of surgical intervention, there still remains some controversy because of the lack of level 1 evidence. So far, attempts to generate uniform reporting standards have not yielded conclusive results.