A new surgical approach for mixed-type pectus carinatum: the Onen procedure - Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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TURKISH JOURNAL OF
THORACIC AND
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

A new surgical approach for mixed-type pectus carinatum: the Onen procedure

Ahmet Önen, İsmail Ağababaoğlu, Aydın Şanlı, Volkan Karaçam, Hasan Ersöz, Nezih Özdemir

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical Faculty of Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2014.7940

In this article, a new surgical approach applied to eight cases which show pectus excavatum and carinatum features was discussed. Nuss method was used for pectus excavatum deformities, while resection and reconstruction with a titanium mesh and screws were used for pectus carinatum deformities. This lately defined method was named as Onen procedure.

Keywords : Nuss; pectus carinatum; pectus eskavatum

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