Pectus Excavatum
Pulmonary function before and after the Nuss procedure in adolescents with pectus excavatum: correlation with morphological subtypes
... When we compared the changes in pulmonary func- tion data between the two types, only the PEF values showed a significant difference after the Nuss procedure. Decreased PEF in the asymmetric type can be associated with ...
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Objective effect manifestation of pectus excavatum on load stressed pulmonary function testing: a case report
... Upon physical examination, the caved-in appearance of his anterior chest was clearly observed (Figure 1). Compensatory anterior flaring of his lower ribs at the costal margins was noted. The apex beat was undis- placed ...
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with pectus excavatum compared with normal controls
... with pectus excavatum have true physiological impairments [3] and some studies report increased exercise toler- ance and higher oxygen pulse after corrective surgery ...with pectus excavatum ...
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Assessment of psychosocial functioning and its risk factors in children with pectus excavatum
... univariate analysis showed that the severity of PE was significant associated with psychosocial adjustment. Multivariate logistic regression analysis also identified it as a risk factor for psychosocial adjustment. This ...
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Development of New Cardiac Deformity Indexes for Pectus Excavatum on Computed Tomography: Feasibility for Pre and Post Operative Evaluation
... Chest surgeons are convinced that children with severe pectus excavatum can safely be corrected with predictably normal chest wall growth and development during their pubertal growth spurt. The severity of ...
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The Influence of Pain: Quality of Life after Pectus excavatum Correction
... A major concern in the early post-operative phase after pectus correction is pain [7]. In the literature this problem is recognized, however most studies only focus on pain management in the first days after ...
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Outcomes in adult pectus excavatum patients undergoing Nuss repair
... 7. Park HJ, Gu JH, Jang JC, Dhong ES, Yoon ES. Correction of pectus exca- vatum with breast hypoplasia using simultaneous pectus bar procedure and augmentation mammoplasty. Ann Plast Surg. ...
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Surgical Repair of Pectus Excavatum Markedly Improves Body Image and Perceived Ability for Physical Activity: Multicenter Study
... of pectus excavatum, a previously validated tool called the Pectus Excavatum Evaluation Questionnaire was administered by the research coordinator, via telephone, to parents and patients (8 ...
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Postoperative epidural analgesia for patients undergoing pectus excavatum corrective surgery: a 10-year retrospective analysis
... Introduction: Managing postoperative pain in patients undergoing minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair (Nuss procedure) is challenging but essential in facilitating ambulation and minimizing the length ...
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Changes in chest wall motion with removal of Nuss bar in repaired pectus excavatum – a cohort study
... for removal of one or more Nuss bars during the study period (12 months) were eligible; patients were excluded if they were having further surgical procedures to man- age their pectus excavatum at the time ...
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Comparative pulmonary functional recovery after Nuss and Ravitch procedures for pectus excavatum repair: a meta-analysis
... of pectus excavatum patients [4,27], we combined the results of these two studies and analyzed them as one ...severe pectus excava- tum, was included in the meta-analysis ...China. Pectus ...
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Systematic review of surgical treatment techniques for adult and pediatric patients with pectus excavatum
... current pectus excavatum (PEx) treatments, namely the Nuss and Ravitch procedures, in pediatric and adult ...Excluding pectus bar and strut displacements, pediatric and adult Nuss patients tended to ...
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Peri-operative data on the nuss procedure in children with pectus excavatum: independent survey of the first 20 years' data
... We hope that this brief independent survey will offer the necessary peri-operative data on this now well-established cosmetic intervention in children: The Nuss procedure has been performed all around the world with no ...
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Original Article Establishment of a rabbit model of pectus excavatum
... Abstract: Background: Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most common chest wall malformation. The main treatments of PE are the Nuss and Ravitch procedures. Because the pathogenesis of PE remains unclear, an ...
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A Review on Pectus Excavatum in Canines: A Congenital Anomaly
... Pectus Excavatum-associated cardiopulmonary dysfunction may be life threatening. Several surgical techniques including both closed and open methods of correction have been described in both dogs and cats. ...
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Psychological Distress in Patients with Pectus Excavatum as an Indication for Therapy
... It is well known that medical therapy improves quality of life as described by Roberts et al. using the QOL out- lined by Keith and Shacklock [11]. Their results indicate an improvement in each of the four areas ...
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A study about the costoclavicular space in patients with pectus excavatum
... TOS is a classical compression result with three specific levels which are the interscalene triangle, the costoclavi- cular space and the coracopectoral tunnel [8-10]. Given that TOS after the Nuss procedure is extremely ...
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Elevation of serum lactate dehydrogenase in patients with pectus excavatum
... Reference ranges for total LDH vary from laboratory to laboratory [13]. In our hospital, the reference range for age under 10 is under 500 units/L, and the reference range for the age of 10 and older is under 330 ...
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Outcome of surgical repair of Pectus Excavatum in adults
... Pectus Excavatum (PEx) is the most common congenital chest wall deformity, accounting for over 90% of all chest wall deformities, with an incidence rate of approxi- mately ...
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Radiological assessment of surgical treatment results in children and adolescents with pectus excavatum: medium-term results of 75 cases
... of pectus excavatum deformity by index ...of Pectus Excavatum (MIRPE) [9‐11, 13], that is, the excavated deformity is repaired without any type (wedge or transversal) of the sternotomy and ...
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