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. 2018 Oct;10(Suppl 29):S3500–S3506. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.115

Table 3. Intraoperative characteristics in details.

Congenital defects
   Correction of pectus carinatum (open/minimally invasive)
   Correction of pectus excavatum (open/Nuss)
   Pectus silicon implant
   Correction of pectus arcuatum
   Mixed deformity
   Pectus bar removal
   Technique & materials
      With/without sternal fixation
      Number and type of bars/stabilizators (in case of removal: end of planned treatment, allergy to metal, repeated dislodgement, chronic pain)
      Type of silicone implants
Rib and sternal procedures (traumas)
   Resection
   Fixation (flail chest)
   Details
      Indications (acute trauma, malunion, post surgical fixation, chronic pain, inability to wean from ventilator)
      System used (abiomet, synthes, stratos/stracos, acute innovation rib lock, gunze absorbable pins, orthopedic non-thoracic specific devices)
Chest wall tumors (primary malignant/metastatic)
   Resection with reconstruction
   Resection without reconstruction (no needed, covered by scapula)
   Details
      Size and position of resection
      Number and site of resected ribs
      Technique/material of reconstruction (prostesis, muscle flap, myocutaneus flap, omentum)