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Thoracic outlet syndrome: a multidisciplinary problem with a perspective for microsurgical management without rib resection

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How to Improve the Results of Peripheral Nerve Surgery

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Rochkind, S. et al. (2007). Thoracic outlet syndrome: a multidisciplinary problem with a perspective for microsurgical management without rib resection. In: Millesi, H., Schmidhammer, R. (eds) How to Improve the Results of Peripheral Nerve Surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 100. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-72958-8_31

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