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.

If nonsurgical treatments do not relieve a person’s thoracic outlet syndrome symptoms, a doctor may suggest surgery to relieve compression in the thoracic outlet. Surgery may include a first rib ...

Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is a group of conditions that occur when you have compressed nerves or blood vessels in the thoracic outlet. The thoracic outlet is the triangular space between your ...

LOS ANGELES – One of the Dodgers’ top pitching prospects, Frankie Montas, could be sidelined until mid-season after undergoing rib resection surgery Friday morning. Montas, 22, had the first rib on ...

Life without forward Chris Kreider may be longer than expected for the Rangers. On Friday, general manager Jeff Gorton announced Kreider, sidelined by a blood clot in his right arm, will undergo ...

Chicago White Sox pitcher Frankie Montas throws against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of a baseball game in Detroit, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) AP Per Eric Stephen of ...

Sunday, with his teammates in Las Vegas readying to face off with the Golden Knights in their final game before a bye week, Rangers' forward Chris Kreider underwent successful rib resection surgery, ...

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 ...