Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pectus Excavatum: Park Technique

Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most commonly encountered chest wall deformity which comprises one out of 1,000 live births. Depression of the anterior chest wall due to posterior angulation of the sternum and costal cartilages results in compression of internal thoracic organs as well as aesthetically unpleasant appearance. Multiple surgical techniques have been developed to correct this condition. Ravitch procedure, the technique including the excision of all deformed costal cartilages, division of intercostals bundles from the sternum, and transverse sternal osteotomy, was proposed in 1949 and most widely applied until recently. The Wada technique, principally sternal turnover, has been an alternative procedure. Those invasive techniques involve tedious and bloody operations resulted in a permanent defect of costal cartilages or contracture of the chest wall. Most importantly, a large, unsightly operative scar at the anterior chest is aesthetically dissatisfying. In this study “Minimally Invasive Surgery for Pectus Excavatum: Park Technique” was explained