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Originally Posted by nospam
I think the stents eventually fail when the 1st rib is intact. I don't know if stents are ok once the rib is removed.
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Yeah, that's what I read. Essentially, not removing the first rib and inserting a stent eventually results in the compression (that caused the problems in the first place) of the stent, leading to failure. Once the rib/scalene resection is done however, that
should be a different story.