title: Thoracoscopic excision of an accessory diaphragm during Nuss procedure in a patient with pectus excavatum.
abstract: We encountered a case of pectus excavatum associated with accessory diaphragm that was successfully excised thoracoscopically during the Nuss procedure. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time for this condition to be reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Manabu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okawada
authors.forename: Tadaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimotakahara
authors.forename: Geoffrey J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: Atsuyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamataka
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013906:Thoracoscopy / Q000379:methods*