Summary
We report the case of a 14 year old girl who desired treatment for a cosmetically objectionable pectus carinatum deformity. She was initially managed with a corrective underarm body cast for six weeks followed by fulltime bracing for seven months. Subsequently, she was braced only at night for another eight months. Seven years after the onset of treatment she had an excellent result without recurrence of deformity. In a well-motivated, skeletally immature individual bracing can be an effective treatment for cosmetically displeasing pectus carinatum.
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Nous présentons le cas d'une jeune fille de 14 ans traitée pour un thorax en carène (pectus carinatum). Elle a été traitée initialement par un corset plâtré pendant six semaines, suivi d'un corset orthopédique pendant sept mois. Le même corset a ensuite été porté seulement la nuit pendant huit mois. Sept ans plus tard la patiente a un résultat cosmétique excellent, sans récidive. Chez un sujet bien motivé, en cours de croissance, le port d'un corset orthopédique peut être efficace dans la correction d'un thorax en carène, pour raison esthétique.
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Mielke, C.H., Winter, R.B. Pectus carinatum successfully treated with bracing. International Orthopaedics 17, 350–352 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180452
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