Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1528-1538 , September 2010

A Hand Surgeon's Further Experience With Thoracic Outlet Compression Syndrome

  • Erdoğan Atasoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Erdoğan Atasoy, MD, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, Department of Surgery, 225 Abraham Flexner Way, Suite 700, Louisville, KY 40202

Received 17 June 2009 ,Accepted 21 June 2010.

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PII: S0363-5023(10)00775-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2010.06.025

Journal of Hand Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 9 , Pages 1528-1538 , September 2010

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