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Dott. Flavio Facchini
Reparto di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Plastica e Centro Ustioni
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Meyer
Viale Gaetano Pieraccini, 24 - 50139 Firenze +39 05 5566 2435
Biography
Dr Facchini is a plastic surgeon specialized in pediatrics. He studied at the University of Florence and at the Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Author of numerous publications in plastic surgery and scientific journals, lecturer and organizer of international conferences, he has participated in missions with Médecins sans frontières in underprivileged areas. His interest in innovating and improving corrective techniques for children led him to master anatomical sculpture and 3D printing. Proactive, he already has registered several patents in the field of repair and regeneration of human tissues.
Dr Facchini is one of the most experimented surgeon in Italy and Europe, in the treatment of Pectus Excavatum with 3D custom-made implants.
Testimonials
We decided to treat only symptomatic patients with the Nuss procedure. Because it is a very invasive surgery with a considerable risk of death and a long hospitalization, from 5 to 7 days. Patients without cardio-thoracic symptoms are candidates to the 3D prosthesis surgery, as it is a surface surgery, without intra-operative complications, and a shorter hospitalization, 1 to 3 days. Even the post-operative management of pain is totally different, the Nuss procedure requires the administration of opioid analgesics, the 3D prosthesis only paracetamol.
Clinical case
Clinical Case : Nuss redo for Pectus Excavatum by Dr Flavio Facchini
Secondary correction to a previous intervention with Nuss bars (MIRPE) in a patient with medium-severe Pectus Excavatum....Read more
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