Chest Wall Deformities

This comprehensive work offers detailed state of the art information on the changing paradigms in the evaluation, diagnosis, clinical investigation, and treatment of chest wall deformities. The chapters reflect the shift towards conservative and minimal access treatment options, and the combination...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Saxena, Amulya K. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783662530887
DOI10.1007/978-3-662-53088-7
Physical DescriptionXXIII, 740 p. 764 illus., 606 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • GENERAL
  • CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS
  • HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS
  • ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
  • PECTUS EXCAVATUM Minimal access repair
  • Thoracoscopic aspects
  • The Ravitch Procedure
  • Willital-Hegemann procedure Minimal cartilage resection technique Free sternum turnover flap procedure
  • Pectus correction using Kirschner wires
  • Non-prosthetic surgical repairVacuum treatment
  • Magnetic mini-mover procedure
  • Macrolane
  • Mesh repair procedure
  • Metal-free open-repair procedure Nuss procedure in adult patients
  • Recurrent pectus excavatum repair
  • Free fat transplantation
  • PECTUS CARINATUM
  • Nonoperative management Dynamic compression system Radiographic markers Minimal invasive endoscopic repair
  • Endoscopic Pectus Carinatum Repair Pectus carinatum repair Reactive pectus carinatum in patients treated for pectus excavatum
  • OTHER CHEST WALL DEFORMITIES
  • PLIER procedure for complex chest wall deformities
  • Chest Wall Repair in Poland's Syndrome Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy Sternal defects.