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 ...

One hundred percent of patients with a combination of neurogenic and arterial thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) requiring cervical rib resection had Roos type I and/or II bands. Additional surgical ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS ... It can also be caused by a congenital (present at birth) abnormality, such as a cervical rib formation. Obesity or overdeveloped muscles may also lead to TOS.

Text neck, sometimes called "tech neck," refers to the strain placed on the cervical spine due to prolonged forward head posture—most often while using smartphones or other screens. This posture ...

Yi notes how overuse of the arm and shoulder can cause the veins in the thoracic outlet to compress ... the clavicle bone and around the first rib, before going down under one of the pectoral ...

Diagnosis of prenatal-onset skeletal dysplasias can be accomplished by ultrasound evaluation and confirmed by both molecular testing using invasive procedures and postdelivery radiographs and ...

5. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome 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 ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a group of disorders caused by the compression of nerves or blood vessels in the space between the collarbone (clavicle) and first rib (thoracic outlet). It is ...