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Case Reports

Sternal Plating to Correct an Unusual Complication of the Nuss Procedure: Erosion of a Pectus Bar Through the Sternum

^a Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
^b Divisions of Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California

Accepted for publication September 11, 2007.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Raff, University of California San Francisco, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Box 0117, 513 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 (Email: raffg{at}surgery.ucsf.edu).

We present erosion of a pectus bar through the sternum in a patient with Marfan syndrome. The complication as well as a novel technique for sternal reconstruction are reviewed.