Nomori H, Horio H, Hasegawa T, Suemasu K
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kyobu Geka. 1998 Sep;51(10):835-8.
A 13-year-old male with a funnel chest was treated by sternal elevation method. Reconstruction was performed by resection of rib cartilage, wedge osteotomy of the anterior site of the sternum, sternal elevation by placement of a titanium A-0 plate under the sternum, and fixation of the wedge osteotomy site by a titanium plate. After surgery, the chest wall deformity was improved remarkably without complication. Although the A-0 plate was removed 19 months after surgery due to a break in the plate, cosmetic and functional results are now excellent 28 months after surgery.
