Impact of surgical treatment of pectus carinatum on cardiopulmonary function: a prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The frequency of sternochondroplasty in cases of pectus carinatum (PC) has increased due to greater surgeon experience and modified surgical techniques. PC deformity does not usually cause cardiopulmonary malfunction or impairment. However, whether cardiopulmonary function changes after surgical repair remains a matter of controversy. The aim of our prospective study was to determine if surgery changes preoperative cardiopulmonary function.

Methods

Nineteen patients (16 males, 3 females) were enrolled in a prospective, open-label, single-arm, single-centre clinical trial (Impact of Surgical Treatments of Thoracic Deformation on Cardiopulmonary Function) (NCT02163265) between July 2013 and January 2017. All patients underwent PC repair via a modified Ravitch proced

SUBMITTER: Del Frari B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7850040 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature