title: Simultaneous repair of pectus excavatum and congenital heart disease without cardiopulmonary bypass or sternal osteotomy.
abstract: A 8-year-old girl with severe pectus excavatum and an atrial septal defect had simultaneous repair of the both defects, using thransthoracic occlusion for atrial septal defect and improved Nuss technique for the pectus excavatum. Neither cardiopulmonary bypass nor sternotomy was required in this procedure. Details of the procedure and outcome are described.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Acedemy of Medical Sciences, 96 Dongchuan Road, Guangzhou 510080, China. shaoyizheng1964@163.com.
authors.forename: Shao-Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D056346:Sternotomy