has introduced a groundbreaking surgical technique for treating thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) — the robotic first rib resection (R-FRR) — now available in an outpatient setting. This innovative ...

However, in one area of thoracic surgery, surgery for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, robotics has not only impacted the minimally invasive surgical approach to the resection of the first rib, but it has ...

After visiting Dr. Greg Pearl, a shoulder specialist in Dallas, on Tuesday, Rosenthal underwent surgery for his thoracic outlet syndrome on Thursday at ... The procedure, which involved the removal of ...

During surgery to correct the condition, which remains relatively rare in baseball compared to elbow or shoulder surgeries, both the uppermost of the ribs and some adjacent musculature are removed to ...

The thoracic outlet is the area where the subclavian ... At the level of the first rib, the lower cervical nerve roots combine to form the 3 trunks of the brachial plexus. The lowest trunk is ...