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Originally Posted by Jo*mar
I don't recall anyone recently having only a scalenectomy, most will have the rib resection and possibly the scalenectomy also.
Was the surgeon very sure the scalenes were the main, or only culprit?
Just asking because I'm curious & for my own knowledge, not questioning the procedure at all.
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To answer your question, the surgeon resectioned the scalenes and he also found fibrous bands that were making the artery kink which he removed as well.The color doplar had showed a fallout in the artery on abduction of left arm before surgery.
After surgery a good flow of blood was seen in the subclavian artery even on abduction of arm. I was given some gentle exercises after surgery by my therapist in India,which I did regularly for about 4 months and I was 100 % perfect for ten months after the surgery until I helped a friend with some heavy dishes in a very deep sink and my symptoms gradually started returning.
Also, Rib resections are not done so widely in Europe and India anymore due to risks involved like lung puncture.
Peter Edgelow a well known PT for upper extremity disorders in the Bay Area has developed a protocol to lower the first rib with a pinkie ball on stick as well as diaphragmatic breathing among other things. He is of the opinion that if you can mobilize the first rib and lower it then why remove it?
I am going to him in couple weeks and I am very hopeful.
This is a great site, I am so glad to have found it. Thanks all of you, it feels great to know I am not speaking a foreign language here when I say anything related to TOS.