A new custom-made bivalve brace for pectus carinatum in children and adolescents: preliminary promising experience of 140 patients from a tertiary center

• Main Authors: Simone Frediani (Author), Angelo Zarfati (Author), Valerio Pardi (Author), Ivan Aloi (Author), Arianna Bertocchini (Author), Antonella Accinni (Author), Federico Beati (Author), Massimiliano Pasanisi (Author), Alessandro Inserra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionInternational research suggests that poor patient compliance is the main cause of tutor failures in the context of potential novel orthopedic bivalve braces for conservative treatment of pectus carinatum. Our entire experimental study is based on the hypothesis that a rigid bivalve brace...