TY - JOUR
T1 - Modified Ravitch Procedure
T2 - Using a Pectus Bar for Posttraumatic Pectus Excavatum
AU - Kim, Hyun Koo
AU - Choi, Young Ho
AU - Shim, Jae Hoon
AU - Baek, Man Jong
AU - Sohn, Young Sang
AU - Kim, Hark Jei
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Guidelines for surgical management of posttraumatic pectus excavatum have not been established due to the variable clinical manifestations and limited number of cases. A 34-year-old man who was involved in a truck-mixer vehicle crash 6 months previously complained of a depressed anterior chest wall deformity. The patient had successfully undergone subperichondral resection, sternal osteotomy, and pectus bar insertion placed under the depressed sternum, followed by bar rotation for elevation of the chest wall. This case illustrates that a modified Ravitch procedure, using a pectus bar, may be an alternative for posttraumatic pectus excavatum.
AB - Guidelines for surgical management of posttraumatic pectus excavatum have not been established due to the variable clinical manifestations and limited number of cases. A 34-year-old man who was involved in a truck-mixer vehicle crash 6 months previously complained of a depressed anterior chest wall deformity. The patient had successfully undergone subperichondral resection, sternal osteotomy, and pectus bar insertion placed under the depressed sternum, followed by bar rotation for elevation of the chest wall. This case illustrates that a modified Ravitch procedure, using a pectus bar, may be an alternative for posttraumatic pectus excavatum.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.051
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.03.051
M3 - Article
C2 - 17643653
AN - SCOPUS:34447564896
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 84
SP - 647
EP - 648
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 2
ER -