Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the anatomic characteristics of the thoracic outlet in symptomatic patients before and after postural maneuver.
Subjects And Methods: Seventy-nine symptomatic patients (61 female patients [group 1]; 18 male patients [group 2]; mean age, 38 years) underwent helical CT angiography of the thoracic apices in the neutral position and after a postural maneuver, enabling the evaluation of the functional anatomy of the musculoskeletal and arterial structures of the ipsilateral thoracic outlet.
Results: A statistically significant difference was found between the distribution of the distances (maximum and costosubclavian) measured in the neutral position and after postural maneuver in groups 1 and 2. The median value of these distances was smaller after postural maneuver in groups 1 and 2. A statistically significant difference was found between the distribution of the distances (maximum and costosubclavian) measured in patients of group 1 with arterial stenosis and in patients of group 1 without arterial stenosis. A slight indentation of the anterior wall of the subclavian artery when it arches around the anterior scalene muscle was observed in 39 patients (64%) in group 1 and in 11 patients (61%) in group 2 in the neutral position, in 19 patients (31%) in group 1 and in six patients (33%) in group 2 after the postural maneuver. The predominant positional changes of the vascular structures were the posteroanterior displacement of the subclavian vessels observed in groups 1 and 2, the arch made by the subclavian artery above the first rib in 40 patients (66%) in group 1 and nine patients (50%) in group 2, and the posterior displacement of the axillary artery observed in 36 patients (59%) in group 1 and in 12 patients (67%) in group 2.
Conclusion: Helical CT shows significant narrowing of the costoclavicular space after postural maneuver in symptomatic patients.
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