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How does neurologic pain present in thoracic outlet syndrome?
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Neurologic pain can occur on either sides of the forearm, upper back and upper chest, neck and ear. Pain is especially evident on the ring and small finger.
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What is the treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome?
Neurologic TOS requires outpatient referral and conservative outpatient physiotherapy. Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome requires more urgent care that typically includes immediate heparinization, vascular surgery consultation, color flow.
What population groups tend to get thoracic outlet syndrome?
Thoracic outlet syndrome is most common in women who are 35 to 55 years of age.
What is the difference between Thoracic outlet syndrome and Carpal tunnel syndrome?
Thoracic outlet syndrome is due to a compression of nerves or arteries at the brachial plexus, and carpal tunnel syndrome is due to nerve compression at the wrist.
What are the causes of thoracic outlet syndrome?
Tinel's test is used to assist in the diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome, not thoracic outlet syndrome. It is performed by tapping the median nerve along its course in the wrist. The test is positive when it causes tingling or pain in the thumb, index finger and middle finger.
What is the prognosis for a patient with thoracic outlet syndrome?
Treatment of true neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndromes is usually successful. Treatment of disputed thoracic outlet syndrome is often unsuccessful. This may relate to the uncertainty of the underlying cause of the pain.
What is neurogenic TOS?
Neurogenic TOS is thoracic outlet syndrome caused by a nerve disorder.
What does thoracic mean?
It pertains to the thorax... But you can use it as a thoracic spine, thoracic surgery, thoracic cavity, thoracic outlet syndrome, thoracic spine pain, thoracic vertebrae, thoracic medicine, thoracic surgeons, thoracic strains, sprain thoracic, or thoracic spine disorder; it's pretty self explanatory.
Why do your hands and fingers go tingly and numb when you breath deeply or sigh?
Could be thoracic outlet syndrome.
What is the cpt code for thoracic outlet compression syndrome arterial?
CPT codes are for procedures. ICD-9 codes are applied to diagnoses. ICD-9 code for thoracic outlet compression syndrome arterial is 353.0. The ICD-10 cross-map to this code will be G54.0. Supercoder has detailed info on this.
What is the cpt code for thoracic outlet syndrome?
Perhaps 64722 for decompression of the brachial plexus and 21615 for first rib resection.
The four structures that can cause nerve compression or impingement for thoracic outlet syndrome are?
TVP of C7, Anterior Scalene, Costoclavicular, and Pectoralis Minor.
How often is the subclavian vein involved in thoracic outlet syndrome?
The subclavian vein is involved in 40% of cases and the subclavian artery in 1% of cases.
