PECTUS EXCAVATUM - COSMETIC IMPROVEMENT USING PREFORMED SILICONE IMPLANTS

Authors
SWART ACJ ALTING MPC SPECKEN TFJ MORSHUIS WJ KON M
Citation
Acj. Swart et al., PECTUS EXCAVATUM - COSMETIC IMPROVEMENT USING PREFORMED SILICONE IMPLANTS, European journal of plastic surgery, 19(6), 1996, pp. 284-288
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
European journal of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
19
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
284 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1996)19:6<284:PE-CIU>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Thirteen patients with a pectus excavatum deformity, without associate d cardiopulmonary symptoms, were treated by implantation of a custom m ade silicone prosthesis. The postoperative results are reported and th e indications for this operation are discussed.