A first rib resection is a surgery to remove your first rib. Thoracic surgeons offer this surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome is compression of the nerves or blood ...

This week we are going to discuss something which is relatively common but often goes undiagnosed in the patient with upper extremity pain—the elevated first rib syndrome. The first rib and the ...

Paget-Schroetter syndrome (PSS) is a rare blood clotting syndrome that affects the blood vessels in the upper arms. It’s more common in young athletes who use upward repetitive arm motions, such as ...

Does a person need their ribs? Doctors at Northwestern Medicine are offering a surgical solution to an often misdiagnosed problem called thoracic outlet syndrome, which can cause numbness and tingling ...

You’ve most likely heard of the rib cage. Everyone has one, but what does the rib cage do, exactly? The rib cage is also known as the thoracic cage, and the primary rib cage function is to protect the ...

Possible explanations for why your ribs hurt can include injuries, inflammation or infection, and referred pain from other organs that you feel in the rib cage area, like the kidneys. Rib pain is ...

An uneven rib cage means the sides of the rib cage are not symmetrical. There are several causes of uneven ribs, including scoliosis and Poland syndrome. Alternatively, a person born with an uneven ...