Treatment of pectus carinatum with a brace – a case report
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Background Measurement of thoracic deformities is difficult and therefore little information is available about the effectiveness of conservative treatment. While from a specialized center in Brasil positive case reports have been released for the treatment of all kinds of genuine thoracic deformities with the help of braces [1], the German health insurances in part do reject the costs of such treatment due to the lack of scientific studies. Aim of this case report was to demonstrate the effectiveness also of the (smaller) German standard of braces for the treatment of genuine thoracic deformities.
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