Does the use of locking plates or mesh and wires influence the risk of symptomatic non-union of the sternal osteotomy after modified Ravitch?

BACKGROUND: Patients with pectus excavatum which is unsuitable for minimally invasive repair are usually treated by modified Ravitch procedure. For fixation of the sternal osteotomy, mesh and wires are mostly used. To decrease non-union risk, we introduced a technique with double locking plate fixat...

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Autores principales: de Loos, Erik R., Hulsewé, Karel W. E., van Loo, Enzo R. J., Kragten, Johannes A., Höppener, Paul F., Busari, Jamiu O., Vissers, Yvonne L. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AME Publishing Company 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802442
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-527

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7399391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802442
http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd-20-527

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