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Is anyone familiar with slipping rib syndrome?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Apr 7 8:07pm | Replies (138)Comment receiving replies
Wow! I've been off the boards awhile. Ribs feel pretty good, but I have also battled SIBO for a year along with ribs. No wonder my pain was so bad.
My surgery involved a small resection of rib 8 cartilage and repair of rib 10 which was hypermobile and all over the place. So now, 10 is sutured to the tip of rib 8 with 9 sutured special in-between. My rib 9 was poking my diaphragm a lot and causing a lot of spasms.
Usually cases are not quite this difficult and surgery is about an hour. Mine was 2.5 I believe.
So sorry it took me so long to respond.
Aimee
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Hello @brayimee I hope you don’t mind me getting in touch. Can I ask if your sibo was caused by your slipping rib syndrome or was this a complete separate issue? I hope you are doing well.
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How did you decide what surgeon to go to. Did you have to keep traveling back to West Virginia for follow ups? It seems like a hard trip after an operation.