I tore my nasal septum and ear cartilage during my first surgery,
so since this was my second surgery and my nasal septum was deviated,
I only used ribs without reusing my septum.
I was planning to use either donor ribs or my own ribs.
I looked it up and found that they use
donor ribs as ventilated ribs. I found out that there are sliced donor ribs and ventilated ribs.
Has anyone had surgery for painful ribs?