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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 +5 more
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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 +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 +19 more
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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 +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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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 +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 +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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Standardized Haller and Asymmetry Index Combined for a More Accurate Assessment of Pectus Excavatum. [PDF]
, 2019 BACKGROUND The measurement of the Haller index (HI) is not standardized, and HI does not consider the asymmetry of pectus excavatum. The aim of this study was to determine the most appropriate level for measuring the HI and to introduce the asymmetry ...
Schmid, Ralph +6 more
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