Claviculectomy for subclavian venous repair: Long-term funct
Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 6:29 pm
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 1400156630
I'm trying to read to see what a claviculectomy is and how it relates to TOS and I run across horrors like this.
Claviculectomy for subclavian venous repair: Long-term functional results
They ligated the IJV, which drains the brain, to use it as a replacement vein for the subclavian vein, which drains the arm.The purpose of this study was to determine the long-term functional results after medial claviculectomy and venous patch angioplasty or bypass grafting using internal jugular vein after incomplete thrombolysis of effort thrombosis of the subclavian vein.
I'm trying to read to see what a claviculectomy is and how it relates to TOS and I run across horrors like this.