MODIFICATION OF RAVITCHS OPERATION FOR FUNNEL CHEST WITH A LIVING RIBAND LAPEL FLAP

Authors
TAKAMATSU A KURIHARA T INOUE T OHBA S
Citation
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
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
European journal of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
0930343X
Volume
21
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
154 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0930-343X(1998)21:3<154:MOROFF>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
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.