This week we are going to discuss a condition which is a congenital dysfunction of the 7th cervical vertebra which is present in 1 to 400 of the population. People have cervical ribs bilaterally or ...

COMPRESSION of the subclavian artery is well known as an essential aspect of the pathology of cervical rib, the scalenus syndrome and anomalies of the first thoracic rib. The demonstration of this ...

TOS encompasses a variety of symptoms. Generally, the definition of TOS includes symptoms in the upper extremity related to compression on the nerves, artery, or vein in the thoracic outlet space just ...

From November 1998 to July 2005, 105 patients (73 female, 32 male) who had failed conservative treatment for thoracic outlet syndrome underwent 131 procedures for thoracic outlet decompression.

Slipping rib syndrome can result from injury, surgery, or other causes. Treatment can involve pain medication, physical therapy, or corticosteroids. But in some cases, it may go away on its own.

A 58-year-old man with an unremarkable medical history presented to the emergency department after one month of numbness, weakness and migrating pain in the right upper extremity. The patient is ...

A 28-year-old left-handed woman presented to her family doctor with a six-month history of claudication in her left arm associated with pallor, paresthesia and coldness. She could no longer carry out ...

Unusual rib bones that grow out of the neck are giving scientists new clues about what caused the woolly mammoth to become extinct roughly 10,000 years ago. The so-called cervical ribs – extra rib ...

Purpose: Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome (NBCCS) is an autosomal-dominant disorder characterized by multiple basal cell carcinomas, jaw cysts, palmar/plantar pits, calcification of the falx ...

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 ...