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Fig. 2

From: Repair of pectus excavatum in a patient with an Eloesser thoracostomy window: sequential extrapleural Nuss procedure and modified Ravitch procedure

Fig. 2

Images after the modified Ravitch procedure. A A simple chest x-ray shows the modified Ravitch procedure with a pectus bar. The tracheostomy had been removed. B Chest computerized-tomography six months after the Ravitch procedure shows successful relief of compression on the heart and inferior vena cava by the depressed chest wall (IVC: inferior vena cava, Ao: descending aorta, arrow: most depressed point)

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