A. Takamatsu et al., MODIFICATION OF RAVITCHS OPERATION FOR FUNNEL CHEST WITH A LIVING RIBAND LAPEL FLAP, European journal of plastic surgery, 21(3), 1998, pp. 154-156
A modified Ravitch's operation was performed on a 15-year-old boy for
funnel chest, To prevent recurrence of chest depression, fixation with
the 8th rib, vascularized with the pedicled serratus anterior muscle
flap, and a combined pectoralis major and rectus abdominis muscle flap
, were used. The end result was satisfactory.