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?