How common is it for a rib hump to return a couple of years after the surgery to remove the rib hip? I have met a couple of people, and seen quite a few people posting that this happened to them after surgery.
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While I've heard from quite a few people whose rib humps returned after spinal fusion, I don't think I've heard from a single person who had a rib hump return after thoracoplasty. Is that what you're referring to?
--LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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Removal of pieces of ribs, in whatever form, is a thoracoplasty. Did both of the people that you met have the same surgeon?
--LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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I had an entire rib removed...does that count? Obviously it never grew back:-P But I have had a few people tell me that when they had just pieces of the rib removed that eventually it does grow back. Maybe my information is incorrect? I'm interested in knowing just for the sake of information anyhow.Jennifer
26 years old. Diagnosed with severe Scoliosis/Kyphosis and CMT at the age of 8. Have had a total of 6 surgeries, 4 on my spine and 2 on both of my feet. Including rod removal surgery. I am fused from T-2 to T-12.
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Having one rib removed for access to the front of the spine isn't a thoracoplasty. If, when ribs are cut, the sheath on the outside of the rib is retained, the rib will grow back. In thoracoplasty, the point is for the ribs to grow back in a flattened position.
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LindaNever argue with an idiot. They always drag you down to their level, and then they beat you with experience. --Twain
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Surgery 2/10/93 A/P fusion T4-L3
Surgery 1/20/11 A/P fusion L2-sacrum w/pelvic fixation
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