Usefulness of Kent retractor and lifting hook for Nuss procedure.
Although the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum has been widely employed, a variety of complications have been reported. The most dangerous complication is cardiac injury from the insertion of the introducer. To eliminate these complications, we present a sternum elevating technique using a Kent retractor and a lifting hook.
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi Hospital, 1-396 Kosugi-machi, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 211-8533, Japan. tsubasa1215@nms.ac.jp.
Tsubasa
T
Takahashi
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Tadaharu
T
Okazaki
Department of Pediatric General and Urogenital Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Atsuyuki
A
Yamataka
Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Eiji
E
Uchida
D000293:Adolescent; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013525:Surgical Instruments
Kent retractor; Lifting hook; Pectus excavatum; Sternum elevation