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.

Despite the advantages and expanded indications of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery, the open surgical approach is commonly preferred for the surgical treatment of rib lesions. Such an approach ...

Management of recurrent deep vein thrombosis in thoracic outlet syndrome. A 53-year-old woman presents to the emergency room for right upper extremity deep vein thrombosis after rib resection and ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) arises from compression of the neurovascular structures passing through the thoracic outlet, and presents across a broad ...

Vascular. 2005;13(6):327-335. Since this inquiry 20 years ago, there has not been a formal investigation of this complication. The "punching" injury or the inflicted injury by sharp instrumentation ...