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Using endoscopic system in harvesting the rib cartilage provides better visuality and safety with less chance
for major complications by conventional methods although this method requires surgeon’s experience in
using endoscope and has limitations in overweight patients.

DECLARATIONS
Authors’ contributions
Made substantial contributions to conception and design of the study and performed data analysis and
interpretation: Göksel A
Provided technical, and material support: Ilhan E

Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.

Financial support and sponsorship
None.

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable.

Consent for publication
Written informed consent for publication was obtained from patients mentioned in article and added
photos.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2019.

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