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PAGEpress, Surgical Techniques Development, 1(1), p. e14, 2011
DOI: 10.4081/std.2011.e14
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Surgery for lung herniation: a new approach for an old problem
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Abstract
Lung herniation is frequently related to pre-vious chest surgery or thoracic trauma. It can be symptomatic. Surgery with new titanium rib prosthesis is an interesting device to repair the chest wall in order to obtain better cosmet-ic and physiological results.