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 ...
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 ...
These patients underwent endoscopic transaxillary first rib resection and lysis of cervical ... Eighty-eight percent (14 of 16) with venous thoracic outlet–related symptoms had compression ...