[Chondro-costal abnormalities of anterior wall of the chest: operative indications and surgical technique]. / Le malformazioni condro-costali della parete anteriore del torace: indicazioni operatorie e tecnica chirurgica.
G Chir
; 19(5): 207-10, 1998 May.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to evaluate the utility of surgical treatment in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) or pectus carinatum (PC). Fifteen patients underwent surgical treatment because of their psycological and anatomical condition, more serious in 6 patients (5 with PE and 1 with PC). The degree of these chest wall deformities was evaluated as resulting from CT scan of the thorax, by the ratio between the transversal and the front/back diameters, according to Haller. The Authors recommend surgical operation in the post-puberal age up to 21 years because of good results obtained using Ravitch approach (only 1 case of partial relapse of PE), even though modified in PE cases with the application of flat steel prosthesis and in PC cases for uncutting the perichondral beds. The choice of surgical procedure derives, in our opinion, from the correction of these anatomic deformities and from the greater sense of improved cosmesis that might result.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Costelas
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Esterno
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Tórax em Funil
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Humans
Idioma:
It
Revista:
G Chir
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Article