Tomohisa Nagasao, MD, PhD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University Hospital, Shinjuku-Ward Shinanomachi 35 Tokyo, Japan (E-mail: nagasao@sc.itc.keio. ac.jp). J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1502-7

Stress distribution on the thorax after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum results in different patterns between adult and child patients

在這篇文章, Tomohisa Nagasao教授等人發表了他們的研究, 兒童肋骨較有彈性, 容易在前端軟骨處就吸收納氏手術後胸部的應力, 但成人肋骨較硬, 會將矯正後的應力傳到肋骨後方, 造成病人背痛.