ABSTRACT
In 1948, Gross and Neuhauser were the first to recognize and successfully treat innominate artery compression of the trachea by suturing the innominate artery to the sternum. Some 20 years later, Mustard and colleagues reported on 285 patients with innominate artery compression of whom 39 underwent surgery. The operation was performed through a right thoracotomy and the ascending aorta and origin of the innominate artery were sutured to the sternum.
