PEKTUS EXCAVATUM

HASAN SOLAK, Ali Ersöz, TAHİR YÜKSEK, MEHMET YENİTERZİ, SADIK BÜYÜKBAŞ, Cevat Özpınar, MEhmet Akdoğan

  • HASAN SOLAK: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Ali Ersöz: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • TAHİR YÜKSEK: NEÜ
  • MEHMET YENİTERZİ: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • SADIK BÜYÜKBAŞ: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Cevat Özpınar: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • MEhmet Akdoğan: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Year : 1988
  • Vol : 4
  • Issue : 1
  •  Page : 189-196
Pectus excavatum is the most widespread deformity of the sternum and the thoracic wall and its surgical treatment is mostly performed by cosmetic reason. Although its etio-pathogenesis has not been understood clearly, the attempt should be done at the preschool period since it shows the hope of a surgical cure indication. At the end of the surgical treatments applied to 16 patients having pectus excavatum, the superiority of the Ravitch technique was observed.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
1988, Vol. 4 (1)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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