Mine was extra cervical ribs AND bands. I had the bands removed in the early 1980s and it helped for a while. By 1996 I'd lost most of the use of my left arm and hand. It was awfully painful. I had the rib resection in 1996, just before being diagnosed with Sjogren's and Psoriatic Arthritis (but that's another story). I still have 2 bulging discs in my neck, but no one knows if they are from the TOS or the arthritis . I may be doing an SCS trial soon . Debby