A new method of surgical treatment of funnel chest with help of permanent magnets

35 patients have benefited from the following procedure: After a double chondrotomy accompanied if need be by resection of the costal cartilages and a sternotomy, a magnet is placed in the retrosternal space. The wound is closed. A second magnet is placed externally on special corset. The magnetic c...

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Published in:	Chirurgie pediatrique Vol. 21; no. 5; p. 361
Main Authors:	Isakov, J F, Geraskin, V I, Rudakov, S S, Vasiljev, G S, Gerberg, A N, Burinov, G M, Muho, S B, Kondrashin, N I, Besjadovskaja, G L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	France 1980
Subjects:	Funnel Chest - surgery Humans Magnetics
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Summary:	35 patients have benefited from the following procedure: After a double chondrotomy accompanied if need be by resection of the costal cartilages and a sternotomy, a magnet is placed in the retrosternal space. The wound is closed. A second magnet is placed externally on special corset. The magnetic chest expansion is achieved in between one and one and a half months. The internal magnet is removed six months after the operation. Its authors claim a series of 33 good results, without any relapses, after a follow-up of 2 1/2 years.
ISSN:	0180-5738