Application of the Nuss procedure for flail chest following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for treating pectus excavatum. Recently, its application has been extended to flail chest.

Case description

A 72-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with ventricular fibrillation caused by acute myocardial infarction. The patient underwent cardiac catheterization and coronary artery stenting following cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The patient was referred to Fukaya Red Cross Hospital owing to dyspnea caused by a flail chest following CPR. Being an elderly woman, the supporting tissues of the thorax had weakened, and she had a pronounced flail chest, a labored breathing pattern, and severe respiratory distress. Although there is the disadvantage that cardiac massage would become d

SUBMITTER: Ichiki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12319589 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature