2017
DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000000394
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Aortic surgery in Marfan patients with severe pectus excavatum

Abstract: Aortic surgery in Marfan patients with pectus excavatum was carried out according to a variety of strategies, surgical techniques and accesses with low complications rate and no mortality. Many of these were well tolerated with minimal complications and no mortality.

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“…2 Correction of both cardiac and chest wall pathology in a single stage can be performed safely; however, there are differing techniques and lack of consensus regarding the best timing for surgery. 3 It is an uncommon procedure and most of the literature consists of case reports. 4,5 In this case, severe asymmetrical pectus excavatum and close proximity of right inferior pulmonary vein behind the sternum render median sternotomy unsafe.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2 Correction of both cardiac and chest wall pathology in a single stage can be performed safely; however, there are differing techniques and lack of consensus regarding the best timing for surgery. 3 It is an uncommon procedure and most of the literature consists of case reports. 4,5 In this case, severe asymmetrical pectus excavatum and close proximity of right inferior pulmonary vein behind the sternum render median sternotomy unsafe.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El Índice de Haller se utiliza para evaluar la gravedad de la deformidad del PE en la TAC (Imagen N°5). Tradicionalmente, un Índice de Haller de >3.25 se consideraba una indicación para la cirugía en pacientes con una deformidad del PE 13,14 .…”
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“…Aortic and pectus excavatum surgery in Marfan patients have been carried out with many surgical techniques and approaches [1]. The Ravitch and the Nussprocedures are the most common techniques for the treatment of pectus excavatum, they are not simply esthetical and both have advantages and disadvantages:…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%