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International Journal of Surgery & Surgical Procedures Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJSSP-119, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/119
Case Report
Original Surgical Repair for an Adult Pectus Excavatum Patient: A Case Report

Ryuta Fukai1*, Hiroshi Iida2 and Yoshihito Irie3

1Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital , 1370-1, Okamoto, Kamakura, Japan
2Department of Cardiovascular and Chest Wall Surgery, Nagoya Tokusyukai General Hospital , 2-52, Kozojicyo-kita, Kasugai, Japan
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, 16, Uchigo-miyamamachi-kusehara, Iwaki, Japan
Dr. Ryuta Fukai, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, 1370-1, Okamoto, Kamakura, Kanagawa, 247-8533, Japan; E-mail: r_fukai@shonankamakura.or.jp
16 August 2016; 10 June 2017; 13 June 2017
Fukai R, Iida H, Irie Y (2017) Original Surgical Repair for an Adult Pectus Excavatum Patient: A Case Report. Int J Surg Surgical Proced 2: 119. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-4443/2017/119
© 2017 Fukai et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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