The major nerves and blood vessels serving the upper extremity lie within or adjacent to the scalene triangle as they pass through the upper part of the thoracic outlet over the first rib. The scalene triangle is therefore one of the principal sites for nerve and blood vessel compression that causes TOS.
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The first narrowing area is the most proximal and is named the interscalene triangle: This triangle is bordered by the anterior scalene muscle anteriorly, the ...
the scalene triangle, which is bordered by the scalenus anterior (anterior) and medius (posterior) muscles, and the first rib (inferior) – only the brachial ...
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Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is not a single disorder but a collection of abnormalities in the same anatomic area that elicit similar symptoms.