Thoracic outlet syndrome

Thoracic outlet syndrome care at Mayo Clinic

Your Mayo Clinic care team

Doctors trained in blood vessel surgery (vascular and endovascular surgery), blood vessel conditions (vascular medicine), chest surgery (thoracic surgery), brain and nervous system conditions (neurology), pain medicine (anesthesia), imaging (radiology), orthopedic surgery, and physical medicine and rehabilitation work together to diagnose and treat thoracic outlet syndrome.

Advanced diagnosis and treatment

Thoracic outlet syndrome can be challenging to diagnose because its symptoms overlap with those of many other conditions. Specialists at Mayo Clinic have access to the latest imaging techniques and ongoing research, which allows them to provide a quick and accurate diagnosis.

Thoracic outlet syndrome treatment may include medicines, physical therapy or surgery. Mayo Clinic's experienced vascular surgeons are trained to provide a number of different surgical treatment options, depending on the cause of your thoracic outlet syndrome.

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Expertise and rankings

• Experience. Mayo Clinic's healthcare professionals provide comprehensive care for more than 1,200 people with thoracic outlet syndrome every year.
• Surgical expertise. Mayo Clinic experts offer several treatment options for thoracic outlet syndrome, including physical therapy, medicines and surgery. Surgery is performed by a highly trained and experienced vascular medicine surgeon. Whenever possible, Mayo Clinic surgeons use new, minimally invasive procedures.

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is ranked among the Best Hospitals for neurology and neurosurgery, for orthopedics, and for rehabilitation by U.S. News & World Report.

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