title: Stabilizing the sternum using an absorbable copolymer plate after open surgery for pectus deformities: New techniques to stabilize the anterior chest wall after open surgery for pectus excavatum.
abstract: An open surgical technique for the correction of pectus deformities using an absorbable copolymer plate for the sternal stabilization is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yuksel
authors.forename: Korkut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bostanci
authors.forename: Barkin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eldem