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01-01-2011 | Original Article

Airway deformation in patients demonstrating pectus excavatum with an improvement after the Nuss procedure

Authors: Masafumi Kamiyama, Noriaki Usui, Gakuto Tani, Keisuke Nose, Takuya Kimura, Masahiro Fukuzawa

Published in: Pediatric Surgery International | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

Purpose

This study analyzed the inside appearance of the trachea and the main bronchus at the time of performing the Nuss procedure to test the hypothesis that the trachea and the main bronchus might be deformed by compression from great vessels due to sternal depression.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study included 36 patients with pectus excavatum, who were treated using the Nuss procedure between July 2001 and December 2009. The primary outcome measures were the oblateness of the trachea and bilateral main bronchus. The oblateness in patients with pectus excavatum was compared with that of the control group. Their postoperative changes and the relationship between the Haller CT index were also analyzed.

Results

The oblateness of the trachea and the left main bronchus in patients with pectus excavatum was significantly greater than that of the control group. A negative correlation was recognized between the percent vital capacity and the oblateness of the left main bronchus. The oblateness of the bilateral main bronchus significantly improved during the 2 years of bar placement.

Conclusion

A significant deformation of the airways was demonstrated in patients with pectus excavatum, which improved after correcting it by means of the Nuss procedure.

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Title: Airway deformation in patients demonstrating pectus excavatum with an improvement after the Nuss procedure
Authors: Masafumi Kamiyama
Noriaki Usui
Gakuto Tani
Keisuke Nose
Takuya Kimura
Masahiro Fukuzawa
Publication date: 01-01-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Surgery International / Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 0179-0358
Electronic ISSN: 1437-9813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-010-2709-z

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Airway deformation in patients demonstrating pectus excavatum with an improvement after the Nuss procedure

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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