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Pectus Implant surgery: My experience
May 2017
Chris, 18 years old, with a mild to moderate pectus excavatum without symptoms didn’t want corrective chest wall surgery due to concerns about missing too much university and opted for a pectus implant.
Pre-operative CT reconstructions showing pectus deformity before surgery
Creating the 3D implant: measurements and design of Chris’s pectus implant
Chest CT showing calculated Haller index (a radiological measurement of severity of the pectus excavatum (Normal Haller index is 2.5. Significant pectus excavatum has an index greater than 3.25)
Bone reconstruction
Bone reconstruction with implant
3D reconstruction with implant in position
Post surgical correction with pectus implant
Pre-operative CT reconstruction
Post surgical correction with pectus implant