Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy

Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy is an extremely rare and complex thoracic deformity, and its operation is challenging. In the past, several kinds of operations have been reported, but they all have disadvantages. We designed a new surgical technique that combines median thoracic expansion with Nuss...

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Main Authors: Wenlin Wang, Weiguang Long, Yang Liu, Bin Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622001695
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Bin Cai
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Bin Cai
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description Asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy is an extremely rare and complex thoracic deformity, and its operation is challenging. In the past, several kinds of operations have been reported, but they all have disadvantages. We designed a new surgical technique that combines median thoracic expansion with Nuss procedure, and we applied this technique to a 1-year-old patient with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy and achieved satisfactory results.
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spelling doaj.art-1e0824d8a33d41ef8203669635f328b22022-12-22T01:32:07ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662022-09-0184102342Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophyWenlin Wang0Weiguang Long1Yang Liu2Bin Cai3Corresponding author.; Department of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Chest Wall Surgery, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, ChinaAsphyxiating thoracic dystrophy is an extremely rare and complex thoracic deformity, and its operation is challenging. In the past, several kinds of operations have been reported, but they all have disadvantages. We designed a new surgical technique that combines median thoracic expansion with Nuss procedure, and we applied this technique to a 1-year-old patient with asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy and achieved satisfactory results.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622001695Sphyxiating thoracic dystrophyMedian thoracic expansionNuss procedure
spellingShingle Wenlin Wang
Weiguang Long
Yang Liu
Bin Cai
Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Sphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
Median thoracic expansion
Nuss procedure
title Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
title_full Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
title_fullStr Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
title_full_unstemmed Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
title_short Median thoracic expansion combined with Nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
title_sort median thoracic expansion combined with nuss procedure for asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
topic Sphyxiating thoracic dystrophy
Median thoracic expansion
Nuss procedure
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576622001695
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