If you fall or sustain a blow to the chest, you can fracture or dislocate the costal cartilage that attaches your ribs to your breastbone. Learn about symptoms, treatment, and recovery.

Costal margin reconstruction is a significant advancement in surgical options for SRS and is performed by Dr. Taylor Ripley at Baylor Medicine in Houston. This latest technique involves removing the ...

Slipping rib syndrome is rare, and it can often be difficult to diagnose. It occurs because of a defect or hypermobility in the cartilage that connects the ribs to the rib cage.

It is the flexible costal cartilage that allows the ribs to expand when people take deep breaths. Extra ribs. Supernumerary ribs occur in about 0.5% to 1% of the population.

Andrew Wiggins appeared to first show rib discomfort after this box out crack of LeBron James in the middle of the fourth quarter. Kept grabbing at his ribs the next few minutes. Costal cartilage ...