These patients are best treated with an endoscopic transaxillary first rib resection and lysis of these cervical bands. Venous thoracic outlet syndrome, whether or not complicated with a deep ...

The Thoracic Outlet Clinic at Baylor Medicine in Houston ... Almost all cases of arterial TOS are associated with having an extra rib (neck rib) or an abnormal first rib. Arterial TOS is caused by a ...

Twins pitcher Phil Hughes keeps rib as post-surgery souvenir Twins pitcher Phil Hughes kept his rib as a souvenir after having thoracic outlet syndrome surgery last year.

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a general term for three conditions that affect the space between the collarbone and first rib (the thoracic outlet). In TOS, the nerves or blood vessels at the ...

Correspondence to: Dr Levent Özçakar Hacettepe University Medical School, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara 06100, Turkey; lozcakaryahoo.com Objectives: Patients with thoracic outlet ...

Background Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a syndrome involving compression at the thoracic inlet, which is known clinically as the superior thoracic outlet resulting from excess pressure placed on ...

Eighty-nine endoscopic transaxillary first rib resections were completed ... with a combination of neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) requiring cervical rib resection had ...