Thread: First Rib Resection gone wrong
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Old 04-29-2012, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by nospam View Post
Its sounds like your surgery did go wrong. Surgeries for vascular TOS are highly successful. It sounds like your surgeon may have injured your brachial plexus, left scalene muscles that have reattached where they are causing problems, or you could have scar tissue/adhesions compromising your plexus. You may need to travel to find a TOS expert with experience in fixing other's mistakes.

I have heard good things about:

Dean Michael Donahue, MD - http://www.massgeneral.org/doctors/doctor.aspx?id=16342

Julie A. Freischlag, M.D. - http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/surge...lty/Freischlag

Dr. Charles Brantigan - www.drbrantigan.com

Dr. Robert Thompson - http://surgery.wustl.edu/tos/TOS.aspx

I think Brantigan and Thompson are likely the most used to treating "out-of-towners".
Dr. Annest also sees out-of-towners and you can schedule two consults (one with Dr. Brantigan and one with Dr. Annest) during the same trip if you make the trip to Denver. I found Dr. Annest's TOS scheduler to be extremely helpful. She asked a lot of questions especially since I already had TOS surgery on the other side.

http://vascularinstitute.com/stephenannestmd.htm
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