Simultaneous surgical correction of pectus excavatum and cardiac disease in two adults.
Thoracic reconstruction in patients with pectus excavatum with concomitant cardiac or aortic surgery poses a major clinical challenge. The report describes two cases of adult patients undergoing simultaneous surgical correction of cardiac disease and sternal deformity using one of two different techniques: a sterno-turnover method preserving the rectus muscle or a sternal elevation method with A-O plates.
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Kenji
K
Iino
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Makoto
M
Oda
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Isao
I
Matusmoto
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Shigeyuki
S
Tomita
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Yukihiro
Y
Noda
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Yoshinao
Y
Koshida
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Shojiro
S
Yamaguchi
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Hiroshi
H
Ohtake
Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
Go
G
Watanabe
D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult