Minimally invasive operation for costal arch deformity

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Wenlin Wang

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Wenlin Wang
Department of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second General Provincial Hospital, Guangzhou 510317, P.R.China

A B S T R A C T

Costal arch deformity is one of the thoracic deformities, but it was always regarded as a part of other complex deformities. The former surgical methods for this deformity are only affiliated procedures, which are not suitable for independent costal arch deformity. We encountered a large number of patients with single rib arch malformation in our clinical practice. In order to treat this special kind of deformity, we designed a minimally invasive procedure.

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Short Communication

Publication history

Received: Fri 25, May 2018
Accepted: Thu 07, Jun 2018
Published: Sat 16, Jun 2018

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© 2023 Wenlin Wang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2018.02.004