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Rib cage pain, especially in the upper ribs, is relatively common in pregnancy. Most of the time it's thought that the pain is due to the positioning of the baby or related to the round ligament. Much ...

Upon clinical assessment, costochondritis of the 4th rib was suspected based on localised tenderness and pain reproduction with palpation over the costosternal joints and special tests like the ...

Roos, in 1982, reported a place for both scalenectomy and first rib resection in thoracic outlet syndrome. Among his 1,210 patients, 92% of patients had substantial long-term relief. Only 29 ...

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 ...

George, R.S., Milton, R., Chaudhuri, N., Kefaloyannis, E. and Papagiannopoulos, K. (2017) Totally Endoscopic (VATS) First Rib Resection for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome ...

The differential diagnosis of dorsal thoracic pain can be a challange due to the proximity of the dorsal column to vital organs as well as to its unique anatomy, innervation, and rib joint. The ...

The thoracic outlet is the narrow space between your collarbone and top rib. Muscles run through it from your neck to your shoulder , along with the nerves and blood vessels that go down your arm.

This week we are going to discuss thoracic rib facet dysfunction, a condition of the ribs that causes pain, numbness and dysfunction of the rib cage which can be quite problematic. The ribs themselves ...

These mid-back bones have limited motion -- their main function is to protect the heart and lungs. What makes them unique is that they are the only means of holding the ribs together. Additionally, ...