Frontiers of Spinal Surgery

ALFRED WASHINGTON ADSON

  • Esat KITER

J Turk Spinal Surg 2011;22(4):333-335

Alfred Washington Adson is very famous surgeon who made many contributions to the development of neurosurgery and was considered to be one of the leaders in the field. Hes is well known with the descriptions on thoracic outlet syndrome and surgical intruments as well. Adson was the first to approach the area from the front and to emphasize the contribution of the scalenus anticus tendon to the thoracic outlet syndrome.

Keywords: Adson, thoracic outlate syndrome, surgical piece