Reoperation 10 years after Nuss procedure failed: Wung procedure combined with Wenlin procedure

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

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjac545

Reoperation 10 years after Nuss procedure failed: Wung procedure combined with Wenlin procedure

J Surg Case Rep. 2022 Dec 5;2022(12):rjac545. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjac545. eCollection 2022 Dec.

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

After the failure of Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum, the risk of reoperation is high, and it is difficult and challenging. Recently, we performed the reoperation for a patient who had failed Nuss procedure 10 years ago. During the operation, Wung procedure and Wenlin procedure were combined to be used and satisfactory results were obtained.

Publication types

Case Reports