Nuss procedure

Nuss procedure
a minimally invasive technique for correcting pectus excavatum: a convex steel bar is inserted under the sternum through small bilateral thoracic incisions, correcting the deformity and resulting in remodeling of the affected cartilages; the bar is removed once remodeling is complete.

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