Clinical experience with orthotic repair of pectus carinatum
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Clinical experience of repair of pectus excavatum and carinatum deformities
OBJECTIVE We present the results of surgical correction of pectus excavatum (PE) and pectus carinatum (PC) deformities in adults, and also report a new method of sternal support used in surgery for PE deformities. METHODS We present the results of 77 patients between the ages of 10 and 29 years (mean 17) with PE (n = 46) or PC (n = 31) deformities undergoing corrective surgery from 2004 to 20...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Saudi Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0256-4947,0975-4466
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2016.70