Eleven (10.5%) patients were identified to have neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome with cervical ribs. One hundred percent of these patients had Roos type I and/or II bands.

The Thoracic Outlet Clinic ... having an extra rib (neck rib) or an abnormal first rib. Arterial TOS is caused by a narrowing in the main artery to the arm (subclavian artery) which invariably is ...

Background Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a syndrome involving compression ... Methods Two women have been studied because they suffered from cervical and dorsal pain associated with paresthesias ...

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 ...