Open AccessRecurrence of pectus excavatum following the Nuss procedure
Author(s) -
Deog Gon Cho,
Jae Jun Kim,
Jae Kil Park,
Seok Whan Moon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2018.10.31
Subject(s) - pectus excavatum , medicine , nuss procedure , depression (economics) , surgery , economics , macroeconomics
The recurrence of pectus excavatum (PE), in other words, chest wall depression after the completion of repair, is one of the most important issues in PE. However, little about the recurrence of PE is known. The present study aimed (I) to evaluate the characteristics of chest wall depression during treatment and (II) to present the definition of recurrence of PE, investigate the risk factors for recurrence, and predict the recurrence at one year after bar removal (BR).