#Thoracic outlet syndrome surgery stories full#
Please review our full disclaimer page here. The information and views presented on represent the views of the authors and contributors of the material and not of CTSNet. The shortened disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (Quick DASH): validity and reliability based on responses within the full-length DASH. He was very keen to proceed with his left-sided procedure, which was scheduled in four weeks. It has been months since Washington Nationals reliever Will Harris had surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome, a procedure that ended his 2021 season in May. A QuickDASH score of 15 or less is graded as good to excellent resolution of symptoms. Auchincloss, is devoted to Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. At his follow-up clinic four weeks later, he had excellent resolution of right-sided symptoms with a QuickDASH (1) score of 11.4. This issue of Thoracic Surgery Clinics, guest edited by Drs. There were no inpatient complications, and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day two. The patient was fitted with a surveillance chest drain, which was removed on postoperative day one. Once a safe margin from the subclavian vessels had been established, the rib was divided proximally and distally with thoracoscopic rib cutters and a Kerrison Bone Nibbler. This tape allowed retraction of the first rib, exposing the scalene anterior, scalene medius, and subclavius muscles, which were then divided and dissected off the rib. A passage was then created above the rib, and a nylon tape was passed above the rib. The right first rib was identified, and the pleura and overlying connective tissue were divided and dissected off. The procedure was performed through a right posterior uniportal VATS approach. After discussion at the vascular surgery multidisciplinary team meeting, the decision was made to proceed with bilateral staged thoracoscopic first rib resections. He was investigated with magnetic resonance (MR) angiography and found to have bilateral subclavian artery compression on arm abduction. A twenty-three-year-old male patient presented with symptoms of bilateral arm pain and swelling. Tollestrup gets hundreds of texts and messages from his patients thanking him for the life-changing surgeries.
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