dealingwithtos,

Someone posted a while back that her husband had TOS surgery a few years back but was having lots of pain and they found that the surgeon had not removed the "PERIOSTEUM" (and the 1st rib was growing back)....the posting said Dr. Brantigan said by removing this WOULD prevent the 1st rib from growing back.
She said the Dr. B. used a CT sprial scan to determine the problem.

Hope this helps....

Her post name was Erin

Ann