[Long-term result of the surgical treatment of funnel chest by Jung's method. Apropos of 32 cases].
A homogeneous series of 32 cases of pectus excavatum were treated by Jung's method of reversal of the breast-plate pedicle. Operation was usually performed at about puberty. The mortality is nill for this technique, which is simple and which, for a low morbidity, provides good functional and esthetic results in 87% of cases. Follow up examinations after 4 to 18 years in 26 patients showed maintenance of results and the absence of any case of recurrence. This confirms the pathogenic hypothesis suggested by the authors in 1972. By performing a true laparoplasty in addition to the sternum reversal, this operation corrects disorders of ventilatory mechanics at the origin of the deformity.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications
Résultat à distance du traitement chirurgical du thorax en entonnoir par la méthode de Jung. A propos de 32 cas.