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Masaya Yamoto1,2, Juma Obayashi2, Hiroki Ito3

  • 1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Surgical Case Reports
|December 1, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Severe pectus excavatum (PE) in infants with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) can prevent chest closure after surgery. A bioabsorbable poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) mesh plate offers a growth-sparing solution for thoracic reconstruction when conventional closure fails.

Keywords:
congenital heart diseaseinfant thoracic reconstructionpectus excavatumpoly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) mesh platesternal compression

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