Compression brace for secondary pectus carinatum in infants and toddlers undergoing cardiac surgery with midline sternotomy

• Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 72; no. 11; pp. 718 - 725
• Main Authors: Konishi, Hayato, Fujiwara, Kenta, Okazaki, Sayaka, Suzuki, Akiyo, Suzuki, Tatsuya, Katsumata, Takahiro, Nagano, Toru, Nemoto, Shintaro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.11.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiac Surgery; Cardiology; Cartilage; Child development; Heart surgery; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original; Original Article; Patients; Rib cage; Surgical Oncology; Thoracic Surgery; Toddlers; Japan; Compression brace; Cardiac surgery; Midline sternotomy; Pectus carinatum

Purposes This study aimed to retrospectively assess the response to a newly developed compression brace for improving the deformity of the secondary pectus carinatum in infants and toddlers undergoing cardiac surgery with midline sternotomy. Factors affecting the response to the brace were identifie...