Combining Correction of Pectus Excavatum and Open Heart Surgery in a Single-Stage Procedure

Ara Shwan Media; Hans K Pilegaard; Frank Vincenzo de Paoli

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.043

Combining Correction of Pectus Excavatum and Open Heart Surgery in a Single-Stage Procedure

Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Jan;109(1):e71-e74. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.043. Epub 2019 Sep 5.

Authors

Ara Shwan Media¹, Hans K Pilegaard¹, Frank Vincenzo de Paoli²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
² Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: fdp@biomed.au.dk.

PMID: 31494137
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.07.043

Abstract

The presence of pectus excavatum in patients undergoing open heart surgery is rare, and no consensus has been reached regarding the surgical approach. Thus, this paper describes a single-stage procedure for correction of pectus excavatum with the modified Nuss procedure ad modum Pilegaard in 4 patients undergoing open heart surgery. Three of 4 patients successfully underwent the single-stage procedure. At follow-up after bar removal, all patients had no complications related to the Nuss bar, and all had excellent cosmetic results.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Funnel Chest / complications
Funnel Chest / surgery*
Heart Diseases / complications
Heart Diseases / surgery*
Humans
Orthopedic Procedures