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Originally Posted by lance415
I have the exact same question as the original poster. I can actually feel my elongated C7 transverse processes in my neck, and my incredibly tight and painful scalene muscles seem to stretch around them. But the vascular surgeon at Stanford just wanted to do the standard scalenectomy and first rib resection on me – he was not familiar with surgery just for the transverse processes.
So if anyone can answer the original poster's question, you may be helping out a lot of us.
1) Has anyone had surgery to shorten their transverse processes?
2) If not, is anyone aware of a doctor who has experience with this specific surgery?
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I had a supraclavicular 1st rib resction, costotransversectomy, scalenectomy, BP neuroplasty. I dont know the size of transverse process or how much was removed but a good? for my Dr next visit. I think my Dr always removes the 1st rib n muscle but not positive. I assume its better to be safe than sorry. U wouldn't want to be opened up again n cause more scar tissue.
My Dr is Dean Donahue at MGH in Boston. He specializes in dx n treating tos all 3 types.
He cowrote a med text book called Thoracic Outlet Syndrome w 4 other drs. around the country which was published in may 2013