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Penetrating lung injury during Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
Life-threatening complications including cardiac perforation by the clamp or pectus bar during Nuss procedure have rarely been occurred. A rare case of lung entrapment between the pectus bar and chest wall after Nuss procedure was also reported ...
Do Yeon Kim, Jin Yong Jeong
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Background: Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (PE) (Nuss procedure) was a transmediastinal procedure. Intrathoracic adhesion might increase the risks of this procedure.
Fu-Jung Lee +4 more
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Nuss procedure has become the treatment of choice in pectus excavatum mainly because of the excellent functional and cosmetic results. Despite the good results, several complications have been reported.
Sara Fernandes +4 more
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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 +3 more
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Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum in adults: long-term results in a prospective observational study. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES Since the end of the 1990s, the management of pectus excavatum has undergone major changes. The Nuss procedure (pectus bar) has been the method of choice for patients with pectus excavatum at Bern University Hospital for over a decade.
Hoksch, Beatrix +4 more
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Sudden cardiac arrest during Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum
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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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 +2 more
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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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Pectus excavatum requiring temporary pacemaker implantation before Nuss procedure: a case report. [PDF]
Pectus excavatum is the most common chest wall deformity, and some patients also have it combined with cardiac arrhythmias. It is a rare occurrence for there to be a severe conduction block that requires a temporary pacemaker implantation before the ...
Wang, Gebang +8 more
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Embarrassed Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Pectus Excavatum
A 16-year-old patient with pectus excavatum visited our hospital because of palpitation. He underwent first Nuss operations at the age of 3. When he was 13 years old, the slow-fast type atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia was documented during ...
Gahyun Lee, Ji-Eun Ban
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