The Surgical Treatment of Pectus Excavatum (Funnel Chest)

Surgical treatment for pectus excavatum.

The aim of this study was to compare clinical outcomes in pectus excavatum patients undergoing a Ravitch operation with those undergoing a Nuss procedure. Retrospective study was conducted on one hundred and twenty three patients who underwent Ravitch operation (n=16) and Nuss procedure (n=107) between 1995 and 2002. Mean age of the patients was 7.9+/-6.2 yr. In the Ravitch group, operation tim...

[Surgical treatment of funnel chest].

The main problems of indication, operating techniques and results are recalled after 39 cases of pectus excavatum (P.E.) operated on 74 followed up children. Analysis revealed frequent family trend, respiratory past records of Marfan's morphological type and intrathoracic spur. Sternochondroplasty had varied stabilizing ways : first Garnier's technique, then Judet's costal clips, today the medi...

Cardio-respiratory studies in pre- and post-operative funnel chest (pectus excavatum).

Surgical treatment of giant plexiform neurofibroma associated with pectus excavatum

Plexiform neurofibromas are benign tumors originating from subcutaneous or visceral peripheral nerves, which are usually associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. They are almost always congenital lesions and often cause the surrounding soft tissue and bone to grow aberrantly. We treated a 12-year-old boy who presented with asymmetric pectus excavaum and an anterior chest wall plexiform neurofi...

Chest wall anomalies: pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum.

Pectus excavatum, the concave depression of the breast bone, comprises most chest wall anomalies. The Nuss procedure, a minimally invasive procedure to correct pectus excavatum, has revolutionized the management of this disease over the past decade. The results and complications of this procedure are discussed. The surgical management of the less common pectus carinatum or "pigeon breast" also ...