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I am having 3 rib cartilages removed due to slipping rib syndrome.what should expect during and after surgery? chest tube? collapsed lung ?
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Possible : May enter pleura in process. Small tube during closure then removal or next day removal if no lung damage- leak.
Answered 6/21/2013
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Rarely: All those complications are possible, but are extremely rare. If you need a chest tube it will be small tube and it will be out next day.Nothing to worry.
Answered 6/23/2013
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