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Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome

Registry of 30-years of patient’s outcomes at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdulmajeed Altoijry, Hesham AlGhofili, Kaisor Iqbal, Talal A. Altuwaijri, Sultan Alsheikh, Musaad AlHamzah, Elham Khoujah, Mahmoud T. AbuAlnasr, Badr Aljabri and Mussaad Al-Salman
Saudi Medical Journal July 2022, 43 (7) 743-750; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.7.20220336
Abdulmajeed Altoijry
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hesham AlGhofili
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Kaisor Iqbal
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Talal A. Altuwaijri
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sultan Alsheikh
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Musaad AlHamzah
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Elham Khoujah
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mahmoud T. AbuAlnasr
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Badr Aljabri
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mussaad Al-Salman
From the Division of Vascular Surgery (Altoijry, AlGhofili, Iqbal, Altuwaijri, Alsheikh, AlHamzah, Khoujah, Aljabri, Al-Salman), Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, and from College of Medicine (AbuAlnasr), Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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