TOS after surgery
 

I had 1st rib removed in sept of this year for arterial TOS and currently still have a lot of the same symptoms. Can anyone tell me if the symptoms will just take along time to go away or will this be something I have to deal with. Dizziness went away but still a lot of shoulder and neck pain, tingling in fingers, and difficulty using left arm.

Hello & welcome,
Sorry that you are still having symptoms post surgery.:grouphug:

We have a pretty active TOS forum - here is the link to it-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html

I had the surgeries done in 1990 and 1991 left and right , my incision was under the arm where is yours.

under the arm as well

They went under the arm as well. There might be something wrong with the shoulder because I can not do alot of the therapy. I can not hold left arm out away from my body.

under the arm?
 

who performed this surgery and where? One of my dr.'s states this procedure is now considered primitive by today's current standards. Your surgery was performed fairly recent?

using a friends pc to post, i apologize for the late replies, but i do appreciate this!

I had it done at the Cleveland Clinic. just found yesterday that I have a torn shoulder labrum in two areas and a cyst. I am hoping this is part of the problem why I can not get shoulder to go back.

Would you like this thread moved to the TOS forum , for more replies & sharing there?

yes, thank you

Ialso had same surgery in oct.of this year,I have no arm or elbow pain but my shoulder is still very sore also the neck,Iam going to see another dr.soon but my surgeon who did the rib removal,gave me muscel relaxers and said maybe cortizone shots would help? I do know it takes along time to heal,Iam not very patient and want to go back to work ect,I can drive and do cooking ,house work ect but still have to limit my use of the one side of my body.Keep in touch with your dr.but Ican tell you it takes along time to get fully healed up to 2yrs. good luck take care

thanks, yes I am being patient. I just started gonstead method chiro. I still have trouble driving. The more I use my left arm the worse it gets. I see the surgeon in the middle of May, because my right side is still bad with arterial compression.