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Concomitant Kommerell diverticulectomy, carotid-subclavian bypass, and modified ravitch pectus excavatum repair via sternotomy

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Congenital heart disease may present with pectus excavatum. Concomitant and staged repair are described, but the optimal approach is controversial.
Carlo R Bartoli, Shiv Patel, Victor Mallory, Deborah Miller   +3 more
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Vacuum bell therapy for pectus excavatum: a retrospective study

BMC Pediatrics
Background Pectus excavatum, the most common chest wall deformity, is frequently treated with Nuss procedure. Here we will describe non-invasive procedure and analyze the variables associated vacuum bell therapy for patients with pectus excavatum ...
Weixuan Lei, Mengqi Shao, Yan Hu, Jieming Cao, Wei Han, Ruoyao Wang, Quanming Fei, Jian Zou, Junqi Yi, Zheyu Cheng, Wenliang Liu   +10 more
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Simultaneous pectus excavatum repair using sternal plate in a patient undergoing the Bentall procedure

Heart Vessels and Transplantation, 2023
Objective: Pectus excavatum is a deformity that occurs at the lower part of the sternum of the thorax, including the xiphoid process. Deformity generally causes cosmetic and psychosocial problems.
Mehmet Tugrul Goncu, Arda Aybars Pala, Sadik Ahmet Sunbul, Mesut Engin, Ahmet Burak Tatli, Ibrahim Burak Seker   +5 more
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Bilateral tension pneumothoraxes in buffalo chest several months after Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2022
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax usually occurs in tall and thin young people without an underlying disease or traumatic history. Most patients with pectus excavatum have similar body shapes as patients with pneumothorax.
Hyung Joo Park, Chan Beom Park, Jin Yong Jeong   +2 more
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Pectus excavatum in motion: dynamic evaluation using real-time MRI. [PDF]

, 2022
OBJECTIVES The breathing phase for the determination of thoracic indices in patients with pectus excavatum is not standardized. The aim of this study was to identify the best period for reliable assessments of morphologic indices by dynamic ...
Sesia, Sergio Bruno, Sesia, S., Zimmermann, P., Krämer, Sebastian, Frahm, Jens, Martynov, Illya, Voit, Dirk, Gräfe, D., Krämer, S., Hirsch, F., Hirsch, Franz Wolfgang, Martynov, I., Lacher, Martin, Busse, Harald, Lacher, M., Frahm, J., Busse, H., Gräfe, Daniel, Zimmermann, Peter, Voit, D.   +19 more
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Pectus excavatum, kyphoscoliosis associated with thoracolumbar spinal stenosis: a rare case report and literature review

BMC Surgery, 2022
Background Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital chest wall defect. Thoracolumbar spinal stenosis and kyphoscoliosis was seen in patients with pectus excavatum. It can be caused by ossification of the ligamentum flavum, which is rare in patients
Sheng Zhao, Xuhong Xue, Kai Li, Feng Miao   +3 more
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Research progress in the effects of pectus excavatum on cardiac functions

World Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020
Background Pectus excavatum, the most common chest wall deformity in children, accounts for nearly 90% of congenital malformations of chest wall. Initially, both parents and doctors paid more attention to the influence of this deformity on patient ...
Caixia Liu, Yunhong Wen
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Successful Brace Treatment of Pectus Carinatum in Osteogenesis Imperfecta Using the Dynamic Compression System

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery Reports, 2019
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disorder of collagen resulting in a “fragile” skeleton with increased fracture risk and other complications, dependent on the specific variant.
Beth A. Orrick, Amy L. Pierce, Charles L. Snyder, Uri S. Alon   +3 more
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Eyes wide shut - unusual two stage repair of pectus excavatum and annuloaortic ectasia in a 37 year old marfan patient: Case report [PDF]

, 2011
We report about a 37 year old male patient with a pectus excavatum. The patient was in NYHA functional class III. After performed computed tomography the symptoms were thought to be related to the severity of chest deformation.
Grapow Martin TR, Martin TR Grapow, Jaume Mulet, Paula Campelos, Clemente Barriuso, Barriuso Clemente, Mulet Jaume, Mulet, Jaume, Grapow, Martin TR, Barriuso, Clemente, Campelos, Paula, Campelos Paula   +11 more
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Minimally invasive repair of the severe pectus excavatum in an infant

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2019
Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital chest wall abnormality. Nuss et al., in 1998 described minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum and this procedure is now the procedure of choice in many institutions for the surgical repair of pectus ...
Muharrem Özkaya, Mehmet Bilgin
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