Affiliation:
1. Department of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital , Guangzhou , China
Abstract
Abstract
Several operations for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (ATD) have been used previously, but they all have disadvantages. We report a 25-year-old male ATD patient who had significant depressions on both sides of thorax. We designed a special operation for him, which had not only eliminated the depression, but also increased the volume of the thorax. The results show that this operation is a reasonable choice for this kinds of patient.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)