누두흉 치험 2예 = Surgical correction of funnel chest

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Two patients with funnel chest deformity were corrected at the Department of Thoracic Surgery of Chungnam National University Hospital . The first case was 11 year old boy, suffering from exertional dyspnea with asymmetrical funnel chest deformity, of which hollow cavity was measured 80 ml of water. The second case was 6 year old boy, suffering from frequent upper respiratory tract infection with symmetrical funnel chest deformity, of which hollow cavity was measured 50 ml of water. These two cases were corrected by Ravitch method, left lower lobectomy was performed concurrently on the first case. The result was satisfactory.