Repair of the pectus deformity: Results of the Ravitch approach in the current era

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 78; no. 2; pp. 421 - 426
• Main Authors: Davis, J.Terrance, Weinstein, Samuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.08.2004; Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Cartilage - abnormalities; Cartilage - surgery; Child; Child, Preschool; Device Removal - economics; Female; Funnel Chest - economics; Funnel Chest - surgery; Hospital Costs; Humans; Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; Osteotomy - economics; Osteotomy - methods; Osteotomy - statistics & numerical data; Patient Acceptance of Health Care; Pneumology; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Prostheses and Implants; Retrospective Studies; Severity of Illness Index; Sternum - abnormalities; Sternum - surgery; Surgical Flaps; 5; Corrective surgery; Treatment; Anesthesia; Surgical approach; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Repair; Current; Result

Recent publications have advocated a minimally invasive approach to repair of the pectus deformity. Efforts to evaluate this new approach have been hampered by lack of comparative information regarding outcomes of the standard Ravitch approach. We use a modified Ravitch procedure, and present our se...