Aim of this specialised rib injury clinic is to provide a comprehensive approach to a variety of rib cage abnormalities including:

• Rib injury / rib fracture

• Chronic Rib and chest wall pain

• Sternal fracture (breastbone)

• Manubriosternal arthropathy

• Xiphoid process pain / Xiphoid syndrome

• Rib tumours

• Lump / swelling on the chest /rib

• Cervical extra ribs

• Thoracic outlet syndrome

• Slipping rib syndrome (clicking rib, displaced ribs, rib tip syndrome, nerve nipping, painful rib syndrome, and interchondral subluxation)

• Costochondritis/ Tietze syndrome

• Thoracic endometriosis syndrome

Mr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos MD PhD FSSO FICS Thoracic and Robotic Surgeon Cleveland Clinic London