Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía, 2013 Introducción: las deformidades congénitas más frecuentes de la pared torácica son pectus excavatum (TI), pectus carinatum (TQ) y esternón hendido, cuyo tratamiento es quirúrgico.
Patricia Ocampo, John Flechas Parra
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Sparing internal thoracic vessels in thoracoscopic or submuscular correction of pectus carinatum: a porcine model study [PDF]
, 2016 Supplementary data to this article can be found online at http://dx. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.07.023.Background: External compression is used for pectus carinatum (PC) treatment, but many patients are noncompliant. Costal cartilage resection (CCR)
Coelho, Tiago Henriques +5 more
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Pectus Carinatum Evaluation Questionnaire (PCEQ): a novel tool to improve the follow-up in patients treated with brace compression [PDF]
, 2016 A questionnaire (Pectus Carinatum Evaluation Questionnaire, PCEQ) was developed to be applied in follow-up of patients with Pectus Carinatum (PC). After validation of the PCEQ, we aimed to quantify the compliance to brace compression and to assess ...
Inês Pessanha +5 more
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Dwarfism with joint laxity in Friesian horses is associated with a splice site mutation in B4GALT7 [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Inbreeding and population bottlenecks in the ancestry of Friesian horses has led to health issues such as dwarfism. The limbs of dwarfs are short and the ribs are protruding inwards at the costochondral junction, while the head and back ...
Back, Willem +12 more
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Perspectives on the revised Ghent criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome [PDF]
, 2015 Three international nosologies have been proposed for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS): the Berlin nosology in 1988; the Ghent nosology in 1996 (Ghent-1); and the revised Ghent nosology in 2010 (Ghent-2).
Bannas, Peter +13 more
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Wenlin procedure for treatment of pectus carinatum
International Journal of Surgery Science, 2022 Pectus carinatum is a common thoracic deformity, and its treatment has a long history. The early operation was open operation. With the emergence of the concept of minimally invasive surgery in clinical practice, minimally invasive surgery of pectus ...
Dr. Wenlin Wang +4 more
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Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017 Minimal access procedures have revolutionized the field of surgery and opened newer challenges for the anesthesiologists. Pectus carinatum or pigeon chest is an uncommon chest wall deformity characterized by a protruding breast bone (sternum) and ribs ...
Shagun Bhatia Shah +3 more
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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]
, 2020 Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine +8 more
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Cardiac interventions in patients with achondroplasia: a systematic review. [PDF]
, 2020 Patients with achondroplasia and other causes of dwarfism suffer from increased rates of cardiovascular disease relative to the remainder of the population.
Choi, Jae Hwan +6 more
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Tratamento da ptose mamária bilateral e do pectus excavatum através da mesma incisão no mesmo tempo cirúrgico [PDF]
, 2012 CONTEXT: Congenital deformities of the anterior thoracic wall are characterized by unusual development of the costal cartilages. All these medical conditions are frequently associated with a variety of breast deformities. Several surgical techniques have
Fagundes, Djalma José +3 more
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