Point/Counterpoint: Is Thrombolysis Always Required in Patients with Effort Thrombosis?

Authors :: Dominique L. Tucker
Julie A. Freischlag
Axel Sinclair Cooper
Source :: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome ISBN: 9783030550721
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Springer International Publishing, 2021.
Abstract: Venous thoracic outlet syndrome is a disease process characterized by mechanical compression of the axillosubclavian vein as it exits the thoracic outlet. This chapter will review management considerations of venous thoracic outlet syndrome with respect to the efficacy of pre-operative thrombolysis. To date, clinical experience strongly favors surgical decompression of extrinsic compression of the subclavian-axillary vein, with adjunctive use of thrombolysis being a matter of some controversy.

Subjects :: Thoracic outlet
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Thrombolysis
Effort thrombosis
Extrinsic compression
Surgery
surgical procedures, operative
medicine.anatomical_structure
Mechanical compression
cardiovascular system
medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Vein
business
human activities
Venous thoracic outlet syndrome

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