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Fig. 2 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fig. 2

From: The influence of 10-year Nuss bar placement on bar removal: a case report

Fig. 2

A The right end of the lower bar (upward arrow) had shifted into the thoracic cavity (rightward arrow). Large amounts of hyperplastic bone tissue (leftward arrow) was on the inner side of the ribs. Two broken ends (round spot) left after partial excision of the fifth rib. B and C Three-dimensional reconstruction of rib CT demonstrated the significant rib periosteal hyperplasia from different angles, forming the sheath-like structure around the bars(tilted arrow). The longitudinal axis of the sternum was twisted to the right

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