Open AccessComplex pectus excavatum in adults: which is the best solution?
Author(s) -
Guglielmo Mario Actis Dato,
A. Maiello,
G Ravenni,
Riccardo Casabona
Publication year - 2013
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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezt010
Subject(s) - pectus excavatum , deformity , funnel chest , medicine , surgery , orthodontics
We read with great interest the paper of Puma et al. [1], in which they propose an external longitudinal titanium support after sternochondroplasty for severe asymmetric pectus excavatum repair. Pectus excavatum has probably been the chest deformity with the largest number of proposed techniques for its correction over the years. The very interesting solution proposed by Dr Puma gives rise to a few considerations:
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