The Dynamic Compression Brace for Pectus Carinatum: Intermediate Results in 286 Patients
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
The Dynamic Compression Brace for Pectus Carinatum: Intermediate Results in 286 Patients.
BACKGROUND Dynamic brace compression is a novel treatment for patients with pectus carinatum. The dynamic compression system contains a device to measure the flexibility of the thoracic wall and regulate the pressure of the brace. METHODS Patients referred to our pediatric surgical center were screened for treatment with the dynamic compression brace. Patients with a pressure of initial corre...
متن کاملBrace Compression for Treatment of Pectus Carinatum
BACKGROUND Surgery has been the classical treatment of pectus carinatum (PC), though compressive orthotic braces have shown successful results in recent years. We propose a non-operative approach using a lightweight, patient-controlled dynamic chest-bracing device. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighteen patients with PC were treated between July 2008 and June 2009. The treatment involved fitting of t...
متن کاملEffect of the compressive brace in pectus carinatum.
BACKGROUND Patients with pectus carinatum complain of cosmetic problems because they stand out in spite of wearing clothes. Surgical treatment of pectus carinatum is resection of the deformed cartilage but a wide operative scar, postoperative pain and complications related with the operation can occur. Therefore we have performed compressive brace therapy as a non-operative treatment of pectus ...
متن کاملTreatment of pectus carinatum with a brace – a case report
Background Measurement of thoracic deformities is difficult and therefore little information is available about the effectiveness of conservative treatment. While from a specialized center in Brasil positive case reports have been released for the treatment of all kinds of genuine thoracic deformities with the help of braces [1], the German health insurances in part do reject the costs of such ...
متن کاملPreliminary study of efficacy of dynamic compression system in the correction of typical pectus carinatum.
OBJECTIVES This preliminary study evaluates, by qualitative score, the efficacy of the dynamic compression system (DCS) with a pressure-measuring device in the treatment of pectus carinatum (PC) as an alternative to surgery. METHODS A total of 68 patients (infants, adolescents and young adults) presenting with typical PC (64 males and 4 females) were evaluated in our Chest Wall Deformities Un...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.12.019