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[Modified sternal turnover with pedicle of abdominal rectus muscle for pectus excavatum]
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou 730050, China.
Objective:
To assess surgical correction for children with pectus excavatum.
Method:
Modified sternal turnover operation with rectus abdominalis pedicle was performed on 20 children with pectus excavatum since 1987.
Results:
The patients were successfully corrected and no recurrence was seen during 6 to 36 months after operation. Human bone density examination showed same results in some patients before and six months after operation.
Conclusion:
Modified sternal turnover operation has the following advantages: easy to operate; less bleeding; better blood supply to the turned sternum; rapid postoperative recovery; satisfied correction of deformity and no recurrence. It should be widely used clinically.