Postoperative Outcomes of Transaxillary First Rib Resection with Anterior Scalenotomy for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: An Ambispective Multimodal Cohort Study
: Transaxillary first rib resection with anterior scalenotomy appears to improve clinical, functional, and objective outcomes in patients with Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; however, findings should be interpreted with caution due to the ambispective design, small sample size, and cohort heterogeneity, and require confirmation in larger prospective studies.
Authors
- Thrasyvoulos P Michos
- Emmanouil Ι. Kapetanakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8354-4641)
- George C. Babis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-7314)
- Chara K. Tzavara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-9066)
- Aikaterini Kotroni
- Periklis Tomos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4500-9968)
- Christos Chantziantoniou
- Ioannis Gakidis
- Petros Michos
- Ioanna Vlachou
- Anastasia Roumpaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6276-8937)
- Asterios K Kanakis
- Spiros G. Pneumaticos
- Vicenzo Castilletti
Institutions
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- 401 General Military Hospital of Athens (GR)
- Western Attica General Hospital (GR)
- KAT General Hospital of Attica (GR)
- Agia Olga Hospital (GR)
- Evangelismos Hospital (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicina
- Published
- 2026-04-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina62040735
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00