Minimally invasive surgical technique for barrel chest

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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

Barrel chest in young adults and adolescents is very rare. Because this deformity often causes appearance problems, many patients are expected to receive treatment. Unfortunately, operation for barrel chest has not been reported so far. We designed a technique for this deformity with minimally invasive skills. Our experience shows that this technique is a satisfactory method for barrel chest treatment.

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Short Communication

Publication history

Received: Fri 25, May 2018
Accepted: Mon 11, Jun 2018
Published: Fri 15, 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.2018.02.005