title: [Modified sternal turnover with pedicle of abdominal rectus muscle for pectus excavatum].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess surgical correction for children with pectus excavatum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Modified sternal turnover operation with rectus abdominalis pedicle was performed on 20 children with pectus excavatum since 1987.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients were successfully corrected and no recurrence was seen during 6 to 36 months after operation. Human bone density examination showed same results in some patients before and six months after operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Modified sternal turnover operation has the following advantages: easy to operate; less bleeding; better blood supply to the turned sternum; rapid postoperative recovery; satisfied correction of deformity and no recurrence. It should be widely used clinically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital, People's Liberation Army, Lanzhou 730050, China.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017568:Rectus Abdominis / Q000601:surgery*; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*