Takagi K, Yamaga M. A new, modified operation for funnel chest using the Zimmer osteosynthetic plate.
ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMATIC SURGERY. ARCHIV FUR ORTHOPADISCHE UND UNFALL-CHIRURGIE 1986;
105:154-7. [PMID:
3741068 DOI:
10.1007/bf00433933]
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Abstract
A corrective operation for funnel chest using a Zimmer osteosynthetic plate, which can be bent to any configuration desired, is described. This operative method can be employed for any type of chest deformity in adults and adolescents. A physiologically normal and perfectly stabilized anterior chest wall is obtained with this plate system, and no relapse occurs even after removal of the plate.
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