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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 82-84, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Simultaneous repair of severe pectus excavatum and aortic valve replacement following previous open-heart surgery

WL Gould, GK Jett, J Bostwick 3d, EL Jones and KA Mansour
Joseph P. Whithead Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

A 60-year-old man with a severe degree of pectus excavatum and previous coronary artery surgery required aortic valve replacement. At operation the sternal wires were found to be densely adherent to the aortic wall. We describe the surgical technique, which was carried out uneventfully.

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