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The Welch procedure is an open technique developed in 1958 to reduce the morbidity associated by the Ravitch procedure without reducing the efficacy for the correction of Pectus Excavatum.
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de Agustín-Asensio, J.C. (2017). Welch Procedure. In: Saxena, A. (eds) Chest Wall Deformities. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53088-7_37
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