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All ribs have the potential to grow back if removed properly. There are common procedures which remove humps on ribs by cutting away a length of the rib, which will grow back into place within 2 to 3 months. The membrane which covers the rib must be left completely intact in order for this to happen.

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No, human ribs cannot regenerate once they are broken or removed. While bones have some capacity to repair themselves, they typically form scar tissue instead of regrowing lost parts. If a portion of the rib is removed, the remaining bone may heal and fill in the gap with new bone tissue, but the original rib will not fully regenerate.

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Yes, under some circumstances. It depends on how the surgery was performed. If the periosteum (a fibrous sheath which covers bones and contains the blood vessels and nerves that provide nourishment and sensation to them) is still intact, a new rib can form. In patients with scoliosis, for example, a deformed rib is shortened or removed, and a new one (that is not deformed) will grow back in a period of about three to four months.

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Generally speaking there is no Western Medicine explanation, or examples of this happeng. But, since the human body is such marvelous mystery, there are accounts of human beings regenerating parts of their bodoes. Though this is rare, it is found more in the Eastern Medical Traditions. Anything is possible, even if it is not commonplace.

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