Surgical correction of pectus excavatum and carinatum.

Abstract

This paper contains an analysis of the long-term results in 85 patients who had pectus excavatum or carinatum deformities repaired at the North Middlesex Hospital between 1951 and 1977. Seventy-seven patients had operations for correction of pectus excavatum and eight for pectus carinatum. A variety of surgical techniques was used. In the excavatum deformities the best results were obtained by the extensive resection of all deformed cartilages, the correction of the sternal deformity by a simple transverse wedge osteotomy, and by stabilising the chest with a stainless steel plate. For pectus carinatum, the involved cartilages were resected and an osteotomy of the sternum was performed. We preferred in most cases to stabilise the chest wall with a metal strut in this deformity as well. The best cosmetic results were achieved by the use of a stainless steel plate passed beneath the sternum and left for not more than six months.

• Authors: S V Singh
• Journal: Thorax (Thorax) Vol. 35 Issue 9 Pg. 700-2 (Sep 1980) ISSN: 0040-6376 [Print] England
• PMID: 7444843 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Funnel Chest (surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Postoperative Complications
• Sternum (abnormalities, surgery)