Originally Posted by Laur3d

Hello, I am just now 4 weeks post op. I have venous TOS, and unfortunately was unaware until I had a blood clot and swollen, blue left arm. I live in San Diego, though and was rushed to UCSD Hillcrest hospital. They first went in with catheter, and then did perform first rib resection. I would highly recommend them.
Dr. Bandyk (vascular surgeon and professor of surgery) performed my surgery and I was very impressed with him as well. I would recommend setting up a consultation if you are able. I was in the hospital for a total of 7 days, including both procedures and surgery though. I ranked the ER, hospital, and staff (nurses and doctors alike) very high. Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by nospam

Here is my problem. The "UCSD Center for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome" seems to have no association with the UCSD Vascular Surgery dept. (Dr. Brown is a neurosurgeon). I am going to ask Dr. Niren Angle what he knows about this as he used to be the head of Vascular Surgery at UCSD.

If you have only neurogenic TOS and want scalenectomy only, Dr. Justin Brown seems to be a good option. I'm guessing Dr. Brown will send you over to the vascular guys if he determines rib resection is needed. Perhaps he is among those who believe rib resection is only necessary when a cervical rib or similar anomaly is involved.