Silastic Molding Method for Pectus Excavatum Correction Using a Polyvinyl Alcohol (Ivalon) Sponge

Pectus excavatum is rare, but it is the most common type of sternal congenital disorder. There are many surgical methods to correct pectus excavatum such as the Ravitch method, Wada method, Silastic mold method, and the Nuss operation. We report a case of minimal invasive surgery for pectus excavatu...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jun-Ho, Kim, Sung-Jin, Kang, Jeong-Ho, Chung, Won-Sang, Kim, Hyuck, Chon, Soon-Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23275928
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2012.45.6.418
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Sumario:Pectus excavatum is rare, but it is the most common type of sternal congenital disorder. There are many surgical methods to correct pectus excavatum such as the Ravitch method, Wada method, Silastic mold method, and the Nuss operation. We report a case of minimal invasive surgery for pectus excavatum using a polyvinyl alcohol sponge.

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