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Special techniques in the keel chest deformity

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Abstract

The etiology of the keel chest deformity, still being a hypothetical explanation and a matter of investigation, is probably caused by secondary elongation of rib cartilages during growth spurts, which result in prominences of the rib themselves or are conjoined with a protrusion of the sternum (Figs. and 2a–c) to a variable extent and shape. Therefore, the surgical correction is aimed at shortening the affected cartilages with or without sternum osteotomies.

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  1. Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

    Anton H. Schwabegger MS, MSc, Asso. Prof.

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Schwabegger, A.H., Del Frari, B. (2011). Special techniques in the keel chest deformity. In: Schwabegger, A.H. (eds) Congenital Thoracic Wall Deformities. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99138-1_7

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