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Nuss Procedure for a Patient with Negative Haller Index

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2018
Introduction Minimally invasive repair for pectus excavatum (MIRPE) is controversial in extremely severe cases of pectus excavatum (PE) and an open repair is usually favored.
Mariela Dore, Paloma Triana Junco, Carlos De La Torre, Alejandra Vilanova-Sánchez, Monserrat Bret, Gaspar Gonzalez, Vanesa Nuñez Cerezo, Javier Jimenez Gomez, Jose Luis Encinas, Francisco Hernandez, Leopoldo Martínez Martínez, Manuel Lopez Santamaria   +11 more
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Changes in chest wall motion with removal of Nuss bar in repaired pectus excavatum – a cohort study

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019
Background The effects of the Nuss procedure on chest wall motion and spirometry have previously been described; we aimed to describe the effects of removal of the Nuss bar.
Nicola Oswald, Zara Jalal, Salma Kadiri, Babu Naidu   +3 more
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Bilateral tension pneumothoraxes in buffalo chest several months after Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax usually occurs in tall and thin young people without an underlying disease or traumatic history. Most patients with pectus excavatum have similar body shapes as patients with pneumothorax.
Hyung Joo Park, Chan Beom Park, Jin Yong Jeong   +2 more
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Improvement of cardiopulmonary function after minimally invasive surgical repair of pectus excavatum (Nuss procedure) in children

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2019
Background: Severe pectus excavatum in children may result in cardiorespiratory functional impairment; therefore, we evaluated cardiopulmonary response to exercise before and after the Nuss procedure.
Bibhuti B Das, Michael R Recto, Thomas Yeh   +2 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest during Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020
Cardiac arrest during the Nuss procedure is the most serious complication and is related to cardiac injury by the surgical instruments and pectus bars.
Do Yeon Kim, Jin Yong Jeong
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Nuss procedure for combined pectus excavatum and carinatum in a patient with a history of congenital esophageal atresia repair surgery

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Cardiothoracic surgery usually causes tissue adhesion on the operation site which increases the risk of complications in the subsequent thoracic surgery including Nuss procedure.
Gyeol Yoo, Jin Yong Jeong
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Biomechanical validation of novel Nuss procedure simulations for patients with various morphological types of pectus excavatum

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023
A novel Nuss procedure simulation was developed for patients with pectus excavatum considering the displacement of a metal bar and a chest wall model, including the intercostal muscles.
Beop-Yong Lim, Hoseok I, Chiseung Lee
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Short Nuss bar procedure [PDF]

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2016
The Nuss procedure is now the preferred operation for surgical correction of pectus excavatum (PE). It is a minimally invasive technique, whereby one to three curved metal bars are inserted behind the sternum in order to push it into a normal position. The bars are left in situ for three years and then removed.
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Development of a computer-aided design and finite-element analysis combined method for customized Nuss bar in pectus excavatum surgery

Scientific Reports, 2017
Pectus excavatum (PEX) is the most common chest deformity in children, which is usually corrected by using the minimally invasive Nuss method. The orthopedic effect of the Nuss operation is mainly evaluated by both the Haller index and the appearance of ...
Longhan Xie, Siqi Cai, Liang Xie, Gang Chen, Haiyu Zhou   +4 more
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Successful management for repeated bar displacements after Nuss method by two bars connected by a stabilizer

Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2019
The Nuss method has become the standard surgery for the treatment of funnel chest, and good therapeutic results have been reported. Among the complications of the Nuss method, displacement of the bar is the most frequent, and there are cases in which ...
Kotoku Yoshida, Tsutomu Kashimura, Yuji Kikuchi, Hiroaki Nakazawa   +3 more
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