[A 13-year-old male with a funnel chest treated by sternal elevation].
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.
Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hasegawa
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Suemasu
D000293:Adolescent; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*