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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |