I had my rib removed almost a year ago and have been diagnosed with crps type 2. I was never told about the possibility of this god awful thing. I had venous tos and had to have the surgery but I know now there are precautions that can be taken, I get angry because I feel cheated, if your going to have surgery research stellate ganglion blocks prior to surgery and go to rsd.org and read their education resource section on surgery and rsd. They list a med protocol from before surgery, during and after.