Fig. 2From: Repair of pectus excavatum in a patient with an Eloesser thoracostomy window: sequential extrapleural Nuss procedure and modified Ravitch procedureImages 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)Back to article page