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Originally Posted by olecyn
Patient's with Venous TOS/Paget-Schrotter do have surgery to remove the clot and beyond such as removing ribs to create space if there is extra ribs. It is a radical procedure with 3-5 days IH, 5 days close post op and up to a year recovery depending on the surgical decision.
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Perhaps it sometimes takes this long, but the recovery from a first rib resection for VTos cases is often much faster. In my case, I was in the hospital for 2 nights and had no close post op. I was off pain killers in less than a week and I feel pretty much fully recovered at 2 months. I was running after a month. I'm supposed to avoid lifting heavy things until the 3 month point. Otherwise, I would start now. My surgeon says that my recovery is very fast, but he often sees fast recoveries in cases like mine.
If you've got a good surgeon, the procedure isn't that scary. I was terrified, but I shouldn't have been.