Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology for Identification of Optimal Nuss Procedure and Fabrication of Patient-Specific Nuss Bar for Minimally Invasive Surgery of Pectus Excavatum

Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology for Identification of Optimal Nuss Procedure and Fabrication of Patient-Specific Nuss Bar for Minimally Invasive Surgery of Pectus Excavatum

The Nuss procedure is one of the most widely used operation techniques for pectus excavatum (PE) patients. It attains the normal shape of the chest wall by lifting the patient’s chest wall with the Nuss bar. However, the Nuss bar is for the most part bent by a hand bender according to the...

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Main Authors: Yoon-Jin Kim, Jin-Young Heo, Ki-Hyun Hong, Hoseok I, Beop-Yong Lim, Chi-Seung Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Applied Sciences
Subjects:
pectus excavatum
nuss procedure
patient-specific nuss bar
minimally invasive surgery
computerized numerical control bending machine
computer-aided design
computer-aided manufacturing
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/9/1/42

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