Wire fracture in postoperative Nuss procedure: a problem that cannot be ignored.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical stainless wire has been widely used to stabilize pectus bar and ribs in Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum correction. However, wire fracture and its secondary complications are problems easily to be ignored but very important. The purpose of this article was to describe a series of cases with wire breakage, hoping to arouse the attention of worldwide thoracic surgeons to this potential threat, and to share our modifications on the fixation patterns and materials in Nuss procedure.

Methods

From September 2011 to January 2020, 44 patients underwent Nuss procedure at Chongqing University Three Gorges Hospital. In the initial 25 patients (Group A), each bar was secured by stainless wires, and the latter 19 patients (Group B) received stainless wires and pol

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8039790 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature