Reoperation after the failure of Wang procedure on pectus excavatum: Wung procedure + Wenlin procedure

Wenlin Wang; Weiguang Long; Yang Liu; Bin Cai; Juan Luo

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjac499

Reoperation after the failure of Wang procedure on pectus excavatum: Wung procedure + Wenlin procedure

J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Oct 30;2022(10):rjac499. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac499. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Authors

Wenlin Wang¹, Weiguang Long¹, Yang Liu¹, Bin Cai¹, Juan Luo¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, China.

Abstract

Wang procedure for pectus excavatum is a simple and safe surgery. However, improper operation may lead to failure of the surgery. We received a 7-year-old male patient with pectus excavatum who failed Wang procedure. We used the combination of Wung procedure and Wenlin procedure to correct the deformity and achieved satisfactory results.

Publication types

Case Reports