OBJECTIVES Patients with pectus excavatum have compromised cardiac function during exercise. We hypothesized that the Nuss technique would improve cardiopulmonary function during exercise. METHODS We investigated 75 teenagers (49 patients and 26 controls) at rest and during bicycle exercise prior to surgery and 1 year postoperative. RESULTS Prior to surgery, patients had a lower cardiac ind...

In the course of the operation one or more (up to three) 2 Â 12 00 metal bars are driven through both pleural cavities and the mediastinum in front of the heart and may be left there for years. It is labeled as a 'Minimally invasive technique for the correction of pectus excavatum' [1]. The article, 'Can absorbable stabilizers be used routinely in the Nuss procedure?', by Pilegaard and Licht pu...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to demonstrate the efficacy of the minimally invasive technique for recurrent pectus excavatum. METHODS Fifty patients with recurrent pectus excavatum underwent a secondary repair using the minimally invasive technique. Data were reviewed for preoperative symptomatology, surgical data, and postoperative results. RESULTS Prior repairs included 27 open Ravitc...

Method of Study The patients reported in this series were seen as routine referrals to the cardiac clinic of the City of Hope Medical Center during the course of one calendar year. In each instance, the patient was thought by his referring physician to have organic heart disease. In addition to routine 14-lead electrocardiograms, each patient had a vectorcardiogram made with 3-lead systems (Kim...

Method of Study The patients reported in this series were seen as routine referrals to the cardiac clinic of the City of Hope Medical Center during the course of one calendar year. In each instance, the patient was thought by his referring physician to have organic heart disease. In addition to routine 14-lead electrocardiograms, each patient had a vectorcardiogram made with 3-lead systems (Kim...

the quality of life in young male adults with pectus excavatum deformity. Nakajima T. Stress distribution on the thorax after the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum results in different patterns between adult and child patients. Postoperative consumption of opioid analgesics following correction of pectus excavatum is influenced by pectus severity: a single-centre study of 236 patients undergo...