Minimally invasive repair after inefficient open surgery for pectus excavatum☆

Abstract

Minimally invasive repair is a safe and easy operation for the correction of pectus excavatum. Previous open surgical repair is not a contraindication for the redo minimally invasive surgery, and it can be performed with acceptable morbidity and length of hospital stay.

Interatrial Bronchogenic Cyst Resection

“…There are also various reports demonstrating the safety of MIRPE after open repair of PE, which is affirmed by our clinic's experience as well [8].…”

Contemporary management of recurrent pectus excavatum

“…Regarding postoperative complication risk, outcomes described in the literature are mixed and our results were not always concordant. Some studies reported a slight increased rate of early complications such as pleural effusion requiring drainage (6%), hemothorax (8%), pericarditis (4%), and increased rate of pulmonary parenchymal laceration and myocardial injuries [5,29] while other investigators report no increase in the rate of complications [4]. In addition patients who had a previous Ravitch operation, when managed with Nuss revision, appear to have an increased rate (12%) of bar displacement [6,16].…”

Minimal Invaziv Pektus Ekskavatum Duzeltme Ameliyati: Teknik Ve Uygulama, Marmara Deneyimi

“…Bu olgularda retrosternal yapışıklıklar konusunda dikkatli olunmalı, torakoskopun gözetiminde tünel oluşturulurken titiz çalışılmalı, gereken olgularda toraks dreni yerleştir-mekten kaçınılmamalıdır (10,19,33,34).…”