Funnel Chest (Pectus Excavatum)

05/01/2007 - "I.V. fentanyl PCA is as effective as thoracic epidural for postoperative analgesia in children after thoracoscopic pectus excavatum repair. "
05/01/2007 - "Postoperative analgesia with intravenous fentanyl PCA vs epidural block after thoracoscopic pectus excavatum repair in children."
04/01/2010 - "Thoracic epidural analgesia and patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with intravenous fentanyl have both been shown to be effective in pediatric patients treated surgically for pectus excavatum using the Nuss procedure. "
04/01/2010 - "[Thoracic epidural analgesia vs patient-controlled analgesia with intravenous fentanyl in children treated for pectus excavatum with the Nuss procedure]."
03/01/2012 - "The aim of this prospective, double-blind, randomized study was to investigate the analgesic effects of low-dose ketamine on intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) with fentanyl for pain control in pediatric patients following the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum. "

08/01/2006 - "The findings of the present study indicated that surgical repair of the pectus excavatum significantly improves cardiovascular function and contradicts arguments that surgical repair is primarily cosmetic yielding minimal physiologic improvement."
03/01/1999 - "The purpose of the present study was to compare the short-, medium-, and long-term cosmetic results of funnel chest repair. "
01/01/1991 - "Although sophisticated studies have shown that cardiopulmonary function may be limited by funnel chest, the findings are rarely of clinical significance and, therefore, with few exceptions, operations will be performed for cosmetic and/or psychological reasons. "
01/01/2016 - "Pectus excavatum (PE) is often regarded as a cosmetic disease, while its effect on cardiac function is under debate. "
06/01/2015 - "We describe a very rare case of an 18-year-old woman with a complete bifid sternum associated with pectus excavatum for whom a satisfactory cosmetic and functional result was obtained by adequate surgical planning, which entailed a combination of two standardized surgical techniques. "

02/01/2009 - " study, combined with a review of the English-language literature, demonstrates that there is a place for custom-made silicone implants in the treatment of pectus excavatum, especially in less severe cases at an adult age. "
04/01/2014 - "Between May 1994 and February 2013, 34 male patients presenting pectus excavatum were submitted to surgical repair with the use of low hardness solid silicone block, 10 to 30 Shore A. "
04/01/2014 - "The use of soft silicone solid implant molded intraoperatively for pectus excavatum surgical repair."
02/01/2014 - "Correction of asymmetric pectus excavatum using a virtually designed silicone implant."
02/01/2009 - "Pectus excavatum reconstruction with silicone implants: long-term results and a review of the english-language literature."

05/01/2014 - "The aim of this study was to clarify the short-term and mid-term outcomes of the modified Robicsek procedure using polypropylene mesh for adult pectus excavatum patients. "
05/01/2014 - "Between 2001 and 2012, 46 consecutive adult patients underwent modified Ravitch repair using polypropylene mesh for pectus excavatum at our institution. "
10/01/1999 - "The present method applied for correction of pectus excavatum utilizes the above principles and a substernal Marlex mesh support with bilateral muscle coverage. "
10/01/1989 - "In a retrospective review, 82 children aged 3 to 16 years who had repair of pectus excavatum from 1963 to 1987 were divided into three groups according to type of repair: those without a metal substernal strut, those with a metal substernal strut, and those with a metal substernal strut within a Marlex envelope. "
10/01/1989 - "Repair of pectus excavatum using a substernal metal strut within a Marlex envelope."

04/01/1999 - "This study analyses a single-center experience of pectus excavatum-thoracic wall reconstruction using a uniform technique of internal stabilization employing stainless steel struts. "
07/01/1961 - "Operation for pectus excavatum using stainless steel wire mesh."
09/01/1979 - "[Use of a stainless steel prosthesis for surgical correction of pectus excavatum in an adult]."
08/01/2012 - "Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) is a popular technique in which a stainless steel substernal bar is implanted to achieve deformity correction. "

02/01/2008 - "Morphine added to local anaesthetic improves epidural analgesia in minimally invasive Nuss operation for pectus excavatum."
05/01/2005 - "We examined the effects of lumbar epidural morphine for postoperative analgesia in children after the Nuss procedure for funnel chest. "
07/01/2010 - "Systemic postoperative pain management following minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair in children and adolescents: a retrospective comparison of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia and continuous infusion with morphine."
10/01/2007 - "We performed a prospective randomized trial with adolescents who had undergone minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair to compare postoperative pain using two different postoperative pain therapy settings: intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (n = 20) with morphine versus continuous thoracic epidural analgesia (n = 20) with 0.2% ropivacain containing 2 microg/mL fentanyl. "

04/01/2010 - "Postoperative consumption of opioid analgesics following correction of pectus excavatum is influenced by pectus severity: a single-centre study of 236 patients undergoing minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum."
03/01/2011 - "For 10 of the 13 pain conditions included, some participants endorsed "monthly or more opioid prescriptions" while others endorsed "opioids do not represent appropriate management." Opioid prescribing is present for almost all pain conditions but is substantially more common for nonacute vaso-occlusive-related sickle cell disease, scoliosis correction, and video-assisted pectus excavatum-related pains. "
01/01/2010 - "The efficiency of postoperative analgesia using the epidural infusion of bupivacaine (0.2 mg/kg/hr) in 42 children and with opioid analgesics (1 mg per year of life) was studied in 17 children after Paltia thoracoplasty for funnel chest deformity. "

05/01/2007 - "The aim of this prospective, randomized trial was to compare analgesia, sedation, and cardiorespiratory function in children after thoracoscopic surgery for pectus excavatum repair, using two types of analgesia--epidural block with bupivacaine plus fentanyl vs patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) with fentanyl. "
01/01/2010 - "The efficiency of postoperative analgesia using the epidural infusion of bupivacaine (0.2 mg/kg/hr) in 42 children and with opioid analgesics (1 mg per year of life) was studied in 17 children after Paltia thoracoplasty for funnel chest deformity. "

12/01/2014 - "Metal/polymer composite Nuss bar for minimally invasive bar removal after Pectus Excavatum treatment: FEM simulations."
12/01/2014 - "This study aims at assessing the mechanical behavior of a composite metal/polymer bar to be implanted in the retrosternal position, in order to correct chest wall deformities, such as Pectus Excavatum. "

03/01/2012 - "The aim of this prospective, double-blind, randomized study was to investigate the analgesic effects of low-dose ketamine on intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) with fentanyl for pain control in pediatric patients following the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum. "

11/01/2015 - "There are benefits derived from participating in our randomized trials comparing epidural to patient controlled analgesia after bar placement for pectus excavatum regardless of which arm is utilized."
05/01/2014 - "Epidural analgesia versus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia following minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis."
11/01/2013 - "Long-term patient perception of pain control experience after participating in a trial between patient-controlled analgesia and epidural after pectus excavatum repair with bar placement."
01/01/2012 - "Epidural vs patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain after pectus excavatum repair: a prospective, randomized trial."
10/01/2007 - "We tested the hypothesis that pain relief with thoracic epidural analgesia was superior to that with intravenous patient-controlled analgesia after minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair in children and adolescents. "

04/01/2014 - "A retrospective review was performed of patients who underwent primary pectus excavatum repair at a single tertiary hospital via a modified Nuss procedure that included: no thoracoscopy, retrosternal dissection achieved via a left-to-right thoracic approach, four-point stabilization of the bar, and no routine epidural analgesia. "
09/01/2009 - "The charts of 18 adolescents who had undergone pectus excavatum repair were retrospectively reviewed and divided into 2 groups: thoracic epidural analgesia (E) or IV PCA (I). "
09/01/2009 - "Intravenous versus epidural analgesia after surgical repair of pectus excavatum."
04/01/1998 - "[Thoracic epidural analgesia in the postoperative period of pediatric surgery for the repair of pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum]."
05/01/2014 - "Epidural analgesia versus intravenous patient-controlled analgesia following minimally invasive pectus excavatum repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis."

03/01/2013 - "[Research progress on postoperative analgesia for pectus excavatum in pediatric patients after Nuss procedure]."
05/01/2007 - "Twenty-eight patients scheduled for thoracoscopic pectus excavatum surgery were randomly assigned to receive either thoracic epidural block or i.v. PCA for postoperative analgesia. "
04/01/1998 - "To assess thoracic analgesia by continuous infusion in surgery to repair pectus excavatum and carinatum in children. "
01/01/2006 - "The paper deals with the efficiency of postoperative analgesia after thoracoplasty in 43 adolescents with the funnel chest. "
05/01/2014 - "A comparison of paravertebral nerve block catheters and thoracic epidural catheters for postoperative analgesia following the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum repair."

09/01/2002 - "The aim of this study was to compare outcome after use of metal and bioasorbable plates in thoracoplasty performed for correction of pectus excavatum. "
10/01/2011 - "The Welch thoracoplasty modified by Acastello is a good option for the correction of the pectus excavatum associating little morbidity and good esthetic outcomes."
01/01/2011 - "[The radical minimal access thoracoplasty by funnel chest in adults]."
01/01/2010 - "Early and long-term results of radical thoracoplasty in 114 adult patients with funnel chest are presented. "
11/01/2007 - "Between 1985 and 2002, 114 patients with pectus excavatum received the Ravitch thoracoplasty in our hospital. "

10/01/2015 - "This study aimed to assess the feasibility and fate of allogenic bone grafts as a durable sternal support for pectus excavatum repair. "
10/01/2015 - "Fate of allogenic bone graft for sternal support in pectus excavatum repair."
07/01/2011 - "From January of 2004 to September of 2010, 18 patients underwent repair of pectus excavatum, three patients underwent repair of pectus arcuatum, and two patients underwent repair of pectus carinatum using diced rib cartilage grafts. "
06/01/2008 - "The indications for surgery and the means of surgical treatment for funnel chest are considered after comparison of our results with those in the literature and a survey of the different existing possibilities for treatment (implant, chondrosternoplasty, fat transplant)."
03/01/2007 - "Severe pectus excavatum, although a rare condition, is likely to be encountered by large transplant centers. "