The first step is to create the floater rib by dissecting the anterior portion of the first rib to disarticulate it from the sternoclavicular joint and the soft tissue structures. With this ...
starting from the first rib, and reaching close to the sternum. Axillary and subclavian vessels were in close proximity to the tumor. Anterior location of the tumor made reconstruction difficult.
VII Venous V-shaped band composed of the hypertrophic costoclaviclular component anteriorly and the anteriormost fibers of the scalenus anterior muscle inserting at the first rib posterior to the ...