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Local Anesthetic Block of the Anterior Scalene Muscle Increases Muscle Height in Patients With Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.

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Published in 2019 at "Annals of vascular surgery"

DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.01.023

Abstract: BACKGROUND Local anesthetic (LA) blocks of the anterior scalene muscle are used to predict which patients with neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) may benefit from surgical decompression. The block is thought to work through both… read more here.

Keywords: scalene muscle; muscle; anterior scalene; patients neurogenic ... See more keywords