Diagnosis of the cervical rib is simply made by a chest radiograph and cervical ... a staged supraclavicular scalenectomy after endoscopic first rib resection. The most significant impact on ...

Chest wall tumors are uncommon; surgical repair involves both resection of the tumor and reconstruction of ... wide local incision of the tumor and surrounding tissue. Removal of ribs – usually one ...

The purpose of this article is to discuss the feasibility of using computer-enhanced instrumentation to improve visualization and therefore patient safety during transaxillary first rib resection.