Successful management for repeated bar displacements after Nuss method by two bars connected by a stabilizer

The Nuss method has become the standard surgery for the treatment of funnel chest, and good therapeutic results have been reported. Among the complications of the Nuss method, displacement of the bar is the most frequent, and there are cases in which reoperation is necessary. In this case report, we...

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Published inAnnals of thoracic medicine Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 216 - 219
Main Authors Yoshida, Kotoku, Kashimura, Tsutomu, Kikuchi, Yuji, Nakazawa, Hiroaki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.07.2019
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Bar displacement
Care and treatment
Case Report
Consent
Morphology
Nuss method
stabilizer
Surgery
Thoracic diseases
Thoracic surgery
Bar displacement
stabilizer
Nuss method
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Summary:The Nuss method has become the standard surgery for the treatment of funnel chest, and good therapeutic results have been reported. Among the complications of the Nuss method, displacement of the bar is the most frequent, and there are cases in which reoperation is necessary. In this case report, we have devised a new stabilizer that connects and fixes two bars as bar displacement occurred following each of the two prior Nuss procedures, and the outcome of our procedure was evaluated.
ISSN:1817-1737
1998-3557
DOI:10.4103/atm.ATM_84_19