ANTERIOR THORACOPLASTY STABILIZED WITH A RESORBABLE, SELF-REINFORCED POLY-L-LACTIDE ACID PLATE IN THE CORRECTION OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM

Authors
RUUSKANEN MM SERLO W POHJONEN T TORMALA P WARIS T
Citation
Mm. Ruuskanen et al., ANTERIOR THORACOPLASTY STABILIZED WITH A RESORBABLE, SELF-REINFORCED POLY-L-LACTIDE ACID PLATE IN THE CORRECTION OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM, Pediatric surgery international, 9(5-6), 1994, pp. 331-333
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric surgery international → ACNP
ISSN journal
01790358
Volume
9
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
331 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0179-0358(1994)9:5-6<331:ATSWAR>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Anterior thoracoplasty stabilized with a resorbable, self-reinforced p oly-L-lactic acid (SR-PLLA) plate was performed on three children to c orrect pectus excavatum deformity. The rib cartilages of the deformed region were resected subperichondrally and a transverse sternotomy was performed above the level of the deformed part of the sternum. The de formed sternum was elevated and fixed with a 2.5x8x150-mm SR-PLLA plat e placed transversely under the sternum. Recovery of all the patients has been uneventful and no recurrence of the deformity has occurred.