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Comparison of several alternatives for the management of severe pectus excavatum in the Nuss procedure

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2021
Summary: Background: The aim of this study was to assess the safety of several modified Nuss procedures for severe pectus excavatum (PE). Methods: Thirty-four patients with severe PE underwent the Nuss procedure: 10 underwent slanting-directed bar ...
Sheng-Pin Yu, Peng-Sheng Lai, Chien-Te Pan, Pei-Ming Huang   +3 more
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Comparison of the Nuss and sternal turnover procedures for primary repair of pectus excavatum

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2014
Background: Pectus excavatum (PE) is a common chest wall deformity. There are several surgical alternatives for the repair of PE. In our practice, the sternal turnover (STO) procedure had been performed for decades.
Tieqin Liu, Hongxu Liu, Yu Li
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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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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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Modified Nuss procedure for the treatment of pectus excavatum: Experience of 259 patients

Asian Journal of Surgery, 2023
Background: Pectus excavatum is not rare in China. Many treatments for this disease have proved to have many shortcomings. Nuss procedure has been a ground-breaking technology, but it also has some disadvantages. Hence, this study was conducted to review
Hao Li, Feng Wang, Guangyu Ji, Jiping Teng, Xi Liang, Xiang Liang, Da Ni, Zhijun Zhu, Jinlong Wu, Xin Guan, Guoqing Li, Mingsong Wang   +11 more
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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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Nuss bar procedure: past, present and future [PDF]

Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2016
Repair of pectus excavatum began at the beginning of the 20th century before endotracheal intubation was standard practice. Surgeons therefore developed techniques that corrected the deformity using an open procedure via the anterior chest wall. Initial techniques were unsatisfactory, but by the 1930s the partial rib resection and sternal osteotomy ...
Donald, Nuss, Robert J, Obermeyer, Robert E, Kelly   +2 more
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Endovascular treatment for hemothorax via contralateral internal thoracic artery branch after Nuss procedure – A case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017
The Nuss procedure is performed widely as a standard surgical treatment for pectus excavatum. Compared to conventional methods, the Nuss procedure excels in cosmetic terms and involves fewer complications.
Daisuke Kanamori, Shuichi Ashizuka, Jyoji Yoshizawa, Tomomasa Hiramatsu, Gohki Uchida, Makiko Omori, Yuji Kanaoka, Hisatoshi Asano, Takao Ohki   +8 more
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Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing Technology for Identification of Optimal Nuss Procedure and Fabrication of Patient-Specific Nuss Bar for Minimally Invasive Surgery of Pectus Excavatum

Applied Sciences, 2018
The Nuss procedure is one of the most widely used operation techniques for pectus excavatum (PE) patients. It attains the normal shape of the chest wall by lifting the patient’s chest wall with the Nuss bar.
Yoon-Jin Kim, Jin-Young Heo, Ki-Hyun Hong, Hoseok I, Beop-Yong Lim, Chi-Seung Lee   +5 more
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