Thirty years' experience of open-repair surgery for pectus excavatum: development of a metal-free procedure | Zendy

Akira Masaoka | Zendy; Satoshi Kondo | Zendy; S Sasaki | Zendy; Fujio Hara | Zendy; Takumi Mizuno | Zendy; Yosuke Yamakawa | Zendy; Toru Kobayashi | Zendy; Yoshitaka Fujii | Zendy

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Thirty years' experience of open-repair surgery for pectus excavatum: development of a metal-free procedure

Author(s) -

Akira Masaoka,

Satoshi Kondo,

S Sasaki,

Fujio Hara,

Takumi Mizuno,

Yosuke Yamakawa,

Toru Kobayashi,

Yoshitaka Fujii

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2011.06.022

Subject(s) - pectus excavatum , sternum , medicine , surgery , nuss procedure , deformity , bar (unit) , physics , meteorology

Throughout the history of surgery for pectus excavatum (PE), the Nuss procedure and open repair have been performed with many modifications, with most of these procedures using a metal bar. However, the use of a metal bar has several drawbacks. Thus, we aimed to develop a procedure that did not require a metal bar.

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