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Pectus excavatum repair according to Nuss: is it safe to place a retrosternal bar by a transpleural approach, under thoracoscopic vision?
Ist Teil von
Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A, 2011-10, Vol.21 (8), p.757
Ort / Verlag
United States
Erscheinungsjahr
2011
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MEDLINE
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We present a new case of cardiac perforation during retrosternal dissection beginning a Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum repair in an 18-year-old boy. The true incidence of life-threatening complications, such as heart injuries during Nuss bar placement for pectus excavatum repair, as well as cardiac lacerations during removal of the bar, remains unknown. Many papers suggest measures to prevent these complications: approaching the retrosternal space through an additional subxiphoid short incision, lifting the sternum during bar placement, or placing the bar extrapleuraly. Nuss procedure is gaining more and more popularity due to its apparent simplicity; however, its operational complications should be well known and discussed to be avoided later on.