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Automatic prebent customized prosthesis for pectus excavatum minimally invasive...
Vilaça, João L.; Rodrigues, Pedro L.; Soares, Tony R.; Fonseca, Jaime C.; Pinho, António C.M.; Henriques-Coelho, Tiago; Correia-Pinto, JorgePectus excavatum is the most common deformity of the thorax. A minimally invasive surgical correction is commonly carried out to remodel the anterior chest wall by using an intrathoracic convex prosthesis in the substernal position. The process of prosthesis modeling and bending still remains an area of improvement. The authors developed a new system, i3DExcavatum, which can automatically model and bend the bar...
Finite element analysis of pectus carinatum surgical correction via a minimally...
Neves, Sara C.; Pinho, António C.M.; Fonseca, Jaime C.; F. Rodrigues, Nuno; Henriques-Coelho, Tiago; Correia-Pinto, Jorge; Vilaça, João L.Pectus carinatum (PC) is a chest deformity caused by a disproportionate growth of the costal cartilages compared to the bony thoracic skeleton, pulling the sternum towards, which leads to its protrusion. There has been a growing interest on using the ‘reversed Nuss’ technique as minimally invasive procedure for PC surgical correction. A corrective bar is introduced between the skin and the thoracic cage and pos...
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