Nonunion of first rib fracture in a softball player: case report of a rare cause of thoracic outlet syndrome

J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2016 Nov;25(11):e353-e357. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.07.025.

Authors

Bradley L Young¹, Shawna L Watson¹, Richard D Meyer¹, Brent A Ponce²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
² Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: bponce@uabmc.edu.

PMID: 27742249
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2016.07.025

No abstract available

Keywords: case report; female athlete; first rib fracture; first rib resection; neurovascular; nonunion; softball; thoracic outlet syndrome.