What is pectus excavatum repair?
Corrects sunken chest with a substernal bar (Nuss) or open rib remodeling (Ravitch).
What is pectus excavatum repair?
Corrects sunken chest with a substernal bar (Nuss) or open rib remodeling (Ravitch).
Also known as
- nuss procedure
- ravitch procedure
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