By any chance is there any other surgeons in the area that has done more of these? Or is this surgeon very very skilled at all things surgical?

It isn't life or death that you get the surgery right away, can you take the time to make sure that this is a very very good & expert surgeon?
I mean you don't want to be someones practice for this so they can learn more about rib resection surgery..

We have so many posts & threads about surgery and pre op/post op and recovery.. it is a tricky & detailed area with all the nerves & vascular involvement.
Outcomes & recovery times...
A lot depends on the skill of the surgeon, what he finds when he gets in there, and plain old luck.

If you go to the main TOS thread list page - and just scroll down to find titles that sound like they might be Dr or surgery related.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum24.html

Or you can use the search link in my siggy to find specific posts or threads.