Abstract Background In recent years, the Nuss procedure was gaining ground in pectus excavatum repair, but scientific focus had been on complications compared to conventional repairs. Despite a substantial prevalence of population-based studies, adoption minimally invasive funnel chest repair and subsequent replacement procedures has not assessed level. Methods We analysed German administrative...

In pectus excavatum there may be a cartilaginous horn on the inner surface of the xiphoid process rubbing on the heart, or the xiphoid process may be tipped inward, rubbing on the heart and causing anginoid pain. Being cartilaginous, these protrusions of the xiphoid cartilage are not visible on preoperative radiographs. Eight per cent of pectus excavatum patients have organic heart disease (Reu...

The most common surgery for the correction of congenital funnel chest in 21st century is Nuss procedure. This intervention accompanied by complications related to actual fixing bar and its size placement methods fixing. these are displacement chronic postoperative pain. Only one corrective (thickness, width) used this type operation all age groups. Purpose – develop implement original modificat...

Deformities of the anterior thorax wall, named Pectus, are commonly observed in children and teenagers (Beirão, 1999); however, they are considered rare in small animals (Orton, 1998). Two types of deformities are known: the Pectus excavatum (PE) and Pectus carinatum (PC). PE is a dorsal to ventral narrowing of the thorax, also known as funnel chest (Fossum, 2002), whereas PC is a ventral protr...

A 46-year-old man with Marfan syndrome was admitted for repair of annuloaortic etasia and funnel chest. Before median sternotomy, seven transverse skin incisions were made for resection of deformed ribs. The convex portions at the costochondral junctions of the right 4 , 7th and left 5 , 7th ribs were removed. Thereafter, the conventional median sternotomy was safely performed. Aortic root was ...