The Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum at the time of atrial septal closure.
A 25-year-old man with severe pectus excavatum and an atrial septal defect had simultaneous repair of the defects, using a patch for closure of the defect and placement of a Nuss bar for the chest wall defect. Details of the procedure and outcome are described.
Kao
Chih-Hong
CH
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Tsai
Chien-Sung
CS
Huang
Tsai-Wang
TW
Lee
Shih-Chun
SC
Cheng
Yeung-Leung
YL
D000328:Adult; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*