The treatment results of pectus excavatum by modified nuss procedure at Viet Duc Hospital

Nguyen Viet Anh, Mac The Truong, Pham Huu Lu, Nguyen Huu Uoc

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All patients with PE who underwent PE repair with the modified NUSS procedure between january 2015 and august 2017 were retrospectively identified. Research methods : restrospective and transcriptional description. Results: 197 patients had been repaired by modified NUSS with a median age of 14,95 ± 3,09, male 85,28%, female 14,72%, median of Haller index was 3,87 ± 1,31. One bar was placed in most patients with 96,45%, two bar was 3,54%. Mean operation time was 38,56 ± 17,24 minutes ,the median postoperative stay was 4,89± 1,43 days. Complication : we had 12 Case, pneumothorax, hemothorax included allergy, displacement, and no death. The modified NUSS procedure with left dissection to treatment PE is effective, safetive and has a good result. 

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