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Ann Thorac Surg 1992;53:346-348
© 1992 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Vascularized rib strut technique for repair of pectus excavatum

Akiteru Hayashi, MD*, Yu Maruyama, MD

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication September 10, 1991.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Hayashi, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1 Ohmorinishi, Ohta-ku, Tokyo 143, Japan.

A vascularized rib strut based on the anterior intercostal branch of the internal mammary artery was applied to provide rigid internal fixation of the chest wall after correction of pectus excavatum. The procedure is simple and has substantial advantages when compared with techniques using metallic struts or nonvascularized free rib grafts.




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