Surgical outcomes for occluded venous thoracic outlet syndrome following transaxillary first rib resection.

Jyi Cheng NgLi Ting TanAlireza MofidCourtenay M HolscherJoseph M WhiteCaitlin W HicksChristopher J AbularrageJulie A FreischlagYing Wei Lum

Published in: Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders (2024)

TFRR offers excellent postoperative outcomes for patients with symptomatic VTOS, even in cases of completely occluded axillosubclavian veins, regardless of the chronicity of the occlusion. By 14 months, 95.2% of patients experienced symptomatic improvement, and 75% attained venous patency.

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end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
patients undergoing
metabolic syndrome
pulmonary embolism
insulin resistance
weight loss