Table 2.
TOS Subtype | Definite Role | Possible Role | Emerging Role |
---|---|---|---|
All | Plain radiography (chest/cervical spine) Non-contrast CT/MRI [5,27] |
- | - |
ATOS | Duplex ultrasound Contrast arteriography Finger plethysmography [5] |
CT/MR arteriography with provocative manoeuvres [5,26,28,29,30] | - |
VTOS | Duplex ultrasound [5,12,31] CT/MR venography [32] Contrast venography [33] |
CT/MR venography with provocative manoeuvres [5,26,28] | - |
NTOS | Nerve conduction studies Needle electromyography [5,34] Local anaesthetic injection test [5,35,36,37,38] |
- | MR neurography [39,40] Diffusion tensor imaging [41,42,43,44,45] Brachial plexus ultrasound [46,47] |