Dr. Carlos Fernandez, a trauma and critical care surgeon at Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy, demonstrates the plates and tools used in rib plating, a relatively new technique being ...

Barbara Werley is a master sommelier, a trained wine steward, but a hit and run traffic accident nearly killed her and almost ended her career. With multiple broken ribs, every breath was painful. “I ...

Daniel Reilly doesn't remember the collision that broke his ribs. In fact, he says he doesn't remember most of his 28 days in the hospital after a deer collided with his motorcycle on Mount Vernon ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Ascension St. Vincent Hospital on the northside of Indianapolis is the only hospital in the state using laparoscopic surgery to repair broken ribs. “Maybe a few years ago, if you ...

Slipping rib syndrome is a medical condition where one or more of the lower ribs become hypermobile, often resulting in pain and discomfort. This occurs when the cartilage that connects the ribs to ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Governor Jim Pillen underwent a successful rib fixation surgery on Christmas day at Nebraska Medicine after he was injured in a horseback riding accident near Columbus. The four ...

A first rib resection is a surgery to remove your first rib. Thoracic surgeons offer this surgery to treat thoracic outlet syndrome. Thoracic outlet syndrome is compression of the nerves or blood ...

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is expected to remain hospitalized at the Nebraska Medical Center for several more days after undergoing surgery Wednesday to stabilize ribs broken in a horse-riding accident.

Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) will undergo a rib fixation procedure on Thursday after a horse bucked him off on Sunday. Pillen, 68, will need to be under anesthesia while doctors install metal plates to ...