Hello, here is the Dr. in Israel who I had corresponded with. Looks like he/she is now at Johns Hopkins. Good Luck.
danielle.rochlin@jhmi.edu

Sorry-I gave you the wrong info before- this is the Dr. in Israel I corresponded with. He wrote this article about
Scalenectomy without Rib Resection. He was very nice to answer my questions. It would be worth seeing him if you havent already- good luck.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17985565?log$=activity

Dr. Shimon Rochkind
Specialist in Neurosurgery & Microsurgery
Director, Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction
Department of Neurosurgery
Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv University, Israel
Board Member, Peripheral Nerve Committee, WFNS
Senior Editor, Photomedicine & Laser Surgery

"Dr. Shimon Rochkind" <rochkind@zahav.net.il>

Dr. Clair is the HEAD of Vascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic main campus. I am 18 days post-op and doing very well. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Dr. Clair. I stayed in Cleveland 2 days after surgery and was able to fly home to Montana and did just fine. Good Luck!