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Hi, I am sorry you are going thru so much pain. Having connective tissue issues results in many co- morbidities unfortunately. TOS is stated very common in this population as well as many other. I would recommend Dr Donohue at MGH for a consult. He is very booked but I read he does telehealth consult for venous TOS cases. When I saw him this month finally, he said that many have surgeries when it’s not TOS and subclavian vein compression on abduction is normal where some think it’s a sign of TOS. Because I am dealing with another cervical issues and could not complete the Botox trial, my evaluation could not be completed but said that I do not have typical symptoms. One thing I found out though from CTA done there is that I have enthesopathy at c7/t1 as well which cause can cause irritation on my ulnar nerve in addition to C5/6 bone spur and disc bulge which probably were caused by c1 defect which congenitally is weak in supporting the skull. All this is causing my TOS like symptoms sometimes even tightens my lung from spasms. Since you mention extra rib that sounds like a sure TOS but since surgery cannot be undone and with connective tissue issues I believe it’s very difficult to predict results. To be honest lidocaine scalene block injection is not enough of predictor. Hope you can get an opinion from Dr Donohue.