Remote Monitoring System of Dynamic Compression Bracing to Correct Pectus Carinatum [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2023 Pectus carinatum (PC) is a chest deformity caused by disproportionate growth of the costal cartilages compared with the bony thoracic skeleton, pulling the sternum forwards and leading to its protrusion.
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Pectus Excavatum / Pectus Carinatum: tratamento cirúrgico [PDF]
Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2003 OBJETIVO: Apresentar os resultados obtidos com técnica única para tratamento do Pectus Excavatum e Pectus Carinatum. MÉTODO: De 1976 a 2000 foram operados, 183 portadores de Deformidades da Parede Torácica Anterior sendo 98 Pectus Carinatum (70 P ...
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Pectus updates and special considerations in Marfan syndrome [PDF]
Pediatric Reports, 2018 Congenital chest wall or pectus deformities including pectus excavatum (funnel chest) and pectus carinatum (pigeon chest) affect a significant proportion of the general population and up to 70% of patients with Marfan syndrome.
Stephanie Fraser, Anne Child, Ian Hunt
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Spinal posture, mobility, and position sense in adolescents with chest wall deformities: a comparison of pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum and healthy peers [PDF]
Pediatr Surg IntThe study aimed to compare spinal posture, mobility, and position sense in adolescents with pectus excavatum (PE), pectus carinatum (PC), and healthy control (HC). 22 with PE, 22 with PC, and 21 HC were included in the study. The spinal posture (thoracic
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Bracing of Pectus Carinatum in Children: Current Practices [PDF]
Children (Basel)Background: Although effective, compressive orthotic bracing (COB) in children with pectus carinatum is still not standardized. This study has aimed to analyze current practices amongst members of the Chest Wall International Group (CWIG). Methods: A web-
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Minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum with a new steel bar [PDF]
J Thorac Dis, 2022 Background Currently, the anti-Nuss operation is widely used as standard surgery for pectus carinatum, but the installation and removal of the Nuss steel bars can be difficult, time-consuming and traumatic.
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The individualized treatment for minimally invasive repair of pectus carinatum in adolescent: a single center’ s retrospective study [PDF]
J Cardiothorac SurgPectus carinatum (PC) mainly present at the growth spurt time of the early teenage years or the puberty. Poor outer appearance is a major reason for seeking help for surgeons to increase self-confidence and self-esteem.
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Wenlin procedure combined with Wung procedure for treatment of severe pectus carinatum [PDF]
J Surg Case Rep, 2022 Pectus carinatum can be treated with a single minimally invasive surgery, but the severe cases will appear secondary depression after treatment, which needs to be corrected additionally. We used the combined Wenlin procedure and Wung procedure to treat a
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The new steel bar in pectus carinatum repair and a review of current methods of correcting chest deformations [PDF]
J Thorac Dis, 2022 In their paper, Zhang and colleagues described the favorable results of correcting the pectus carinatum (PC) after using the new steel bar in the anti-Nuss procedure (1).
P. Skrzypczak, M. Kasprzyk, C. Piwkowski
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Combined surgical correction of pectus carinatum and juvenile kyphosis [PDF]
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg, 2022 Pectus carinatum may rarely be associated with kyphosis. However, the correlation between both conditions is not well reported. Therefore, there are no reports for combined correction of both deformities in the same patient.
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