Treatment of funnel chest with RTV-silicone implants
Lemperle, G.; Exner, K.
Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie Organ der Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der Peripheren Nerven und Gefasse Organ der V. 15(3): 154-157
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0722-1819 PMID: 6629149 Document Number: 200570
The funnel chest is no physiological but a psychological problem for the majority of patients. Only 5% suffer from pathological parameters which require a surgical elevation of the funnel. After these rather complicated operations, however, only 60-80% are followed by good long-term results. The described RTV-silicone implant is formed preoperatively directly in the funnel and appears to be a simple safe and lasting alternative for most patients with a funnel chest.