title: Complex repair of pectus excavatum recurrence and massive chest wall defect and lung herniation after prior open repair.
abstract: For more than 50 years, surgeons used traditional open surgical methods to correct pectus excavatum deformities. These techniques have undergone multiple modifications but involve resection of costal cartilages and mobilization of the sternum to an anterior position. Long-term postoperative complications are rarely published. Recurrence with lung herniation presents unique challenges. We report a technique to repair this condition in a patient with massive chest wall defect and residual excavatum deformity after open repair of his excavatum deformity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cariothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. jaroszewski.dawn@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaroszewski
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Jesse
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lackey
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Notrica
mesh_terms: D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006547:Hernia; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000601:surgery*
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