William Tyler Crawley, Timbre Backen, Barbara Melendez, Stephen Annest
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Abstract
Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) are two etiologies of chronic pain. TOS is a group of conditions that occur due to compression of the neurovascular structures of the upper extremity while CRPS is a disorder characterized by chronic and unremitting pain. This case highlights the experience of a 22-year-old female who presented following a traumatic injury to her left arm and was initially diagnosed with neurogenic TOS and later CRPS. Over a 10-year-period, she underwent a total of four operations to try and address her debilitating pain. In our third-time reoperation, symptoms of both pathologies nearly completely resolved with extensive neurolysis of the left brachial plexus and application of a scar tissue barrier.