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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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Nuss procedure for a case of asymmetric pectus excavatum associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017 Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder that is often associated with pectus excavatum (PE). The Nuss procedure, which is a minimally invasive approach for the treatment of PE achieves good functional and cosmetic outcomes.
Kazunori Masahata +7 more
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Long term evaluation of patient satisfaction and quality of life in patients undergone successfuL Nuss procedure [PDF]
Journal of Cardiothoracic SurgeryBackground Pectus excavatum represents the most common chest wall deformity, and surgical correction via the Nuss procedure has gained widespread adoption. Long-term patient satisfaction and quality of life remain inadequately characterized, particularly
Sule Karadayi +2 more
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World Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2022 Objective Pectus excavatum is a congenital deformity characterized by a caved-in chest wall. Repair requires surgery. The less invasive Nuss procedure is very successful, but postoperative pain management is challenging and evolving.
Lisgelia Santana +2 more
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Unexpected pectus carinatum: Reverse bending of xiphisternal joint after modified Nuss procedure
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2023 The pectus carinatum has been rarely reported as complication after Nuss procedure. The case we present here is that of a 14-year-old Chinese male who underwent modified Nuss procedure to correct pectus excavatum and presented a sudden pectus carinatum ...
Yuxuan Zhou +3 more
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Comparison of the Standard vs. Thoracoscopic Extrapleural Modification of the Nuss Procedure—Two Centers’ Experiences [PDF]
Children, 2022 Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital anterior chest wall deformity, with an incidence of 1:400 to 1:1000. Surgical strategy has evolved with the revolutionary idea of Donald Nuss, who was a pioneer in the operative correction of this deformity ...
Miloš Pajić +8 more
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Outcomes of the minimally invasive nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
Medicine ScienceBecause of some disadvantages of the "Ravitch method," which is the classical open surgical method used for many years in the treatment of pectus excavatum (PE), as an alternative to it, a minimally invasive surgical method called the " ...
Ozgur Katrancioglu +2 more
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Health-related quality of life after Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 2022 OBJECTIVES: Pectus excavatum (PE) can cause both physical and psychosocial symptoms and affect patients’ health-related quality of life. Previous international studies have shown that the Nuss procedure increases both self-esteem and body image.
Norlander L +5 more
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Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 Introduction: The anti-Nuss procedure has gradually been found to have several shortcomings in clinical practice. Accordingly, our department previously designed and introduced a new steel plate.
Lei Wang +8 more
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Late complication of the Nuss procedure: recurrent cardiac tamponade [PDF]
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 2019 Pectus excavatum (PE) is known as one of the most common congenital deformities of the anterior chest wall. The Nuss procedure is an effective surgical therapy to correct PE.
Won Jong Park +6 more
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