Long term results in children underwent nuss procedure preschool with pectus excavatum: Real-world study with propensity matching.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is controversial when surgery should be performed for pectus excavatum (PE). The study retrospectively compared the long-term prognosis in PE children undergoing the Nuss procedure at the age of 4-6 versus those performing surgery at the age of 12-14.

Methods

178 patients were included in the retrospective real-world research. Clinical Characteristics were collected at baseline. The endpoint of the study was set as the last follow-up at the age of 18 in outpatient services. Satisfaction and complication rate were set as the primary outcome and were collected at the endpoint. Hospital stay post-surgery and analgesia dosage were regard as the secondary outcome. To reduce potential bias between two different age groups, propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541452 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature