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Old 10-26-2011, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by chroma View Post
Let's say you get botox on some muscles and that relieves your symptoms. Would that then imply that you don't need the first rib removed? After all, the botox does not make the rib disappear. Plus if it's the scalenes we're talking about, their removal would reduce the chance of the first rib lifting and probably make it easier to push the first rib down.

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Very interesting. I can see what you mean. I wish that was an option for me. TOO LATE NOW. Like I say if my issues were NTOS than I think that I would steer clear of the op. If such a method did relieve symptoms than job done. Leave bits where nature intended them to be.
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