Hi sueofct - thanks for the cautionary words and advice on return-to-work time.
From your post, it seems that you may have had both a neurosurgeon and a vascular surgeon operating on you. Was that the case? Were both surgeons in the operating room?

To me, TOS seems like a medical condition that crosses multiple disciplines. In general, I would prefer to have a neurosurgeon do most of the soft-tissue dissection and neurolysis and have a vascular/thoracic surgeon remove the rib and repair any vessels as needed. I feel like this would optimize the outcome, as each surgeon focuses on the tissues and procedures that they have the most expertise in. I have been wondering if there are medical groups that organize themselves in this way --both a neurosurgeon and vascular/thoracic surgeon in the operating room?? If this was the case for you…would be great to learn more and to know who performed your surgery.

Thanks for sharing your experience thus far…and I wish you much success in your recovery.