Automatic pre-bended customized prosthesis for pectus excavatum minimal invasive surgery correction

Pectus 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 employing an intrathoracic convex prosthesis in substernal position. The process of prosthesis modeling and bending still remains an ar...

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Main Author: Vilaça, João L. (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, Pedro (author), Pinto, Jorge Correia (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/28386
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/28386