Pediatric Cullen gangrene: Case report of postoperative pyoderma gangrenosum in a preterm infant with a complex gastrointestinal malformation.

Introduction: Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare condition in infants, children and adolescents. The postoperative variant of this rapidly progressive ulceration is known as Cullen gangrene. Only a few case reports of pediatric Cullen gangrene have been published.

From pullout-techniques to modular elastic stable chest repair: the evolution of an open technique in the correction of pectus excavatum.

Background: Traditionally open procedures have been replaced by minimally invasive techniques in the correction of pectus excavatum. Efforts to improve the extent of mobilization of the chest wall and its stabilization have led to constant modifications. There is currently no consensus about the best procedure for correction of pectus excavatum.

Elastic stable chest repair and its hybrid variants in 86 patients with pectus excavatum.

Background: Complex and mature funnel chest deformities are traditionally managed with open surgical procedures. Elastic stable chest repair (ESCR) has been used successfully and safely for relapse corrections. Does pure plate osteosynthesis in ESCR allow comparable corrective potency and implant safety as hybrid methods with metal bars?

Methods: Data from 86 patients with open funnel chest correction between 2011 and 2015 were analyzed in this retrospective study.

Does an external chest wall measurement correlate with a CT-based measurement in patients with chest wall deformities?

Background: Measurements in chest wall deformities are typically conducted using a thorax caliper or a CT scan of the chest wall. This paper focuses on the possible correlation between these two methods to validate the reliability of the thorax caliper, minimize radiation exposure, and limit the usage of expensive imaging techniques.

Methods: We evaluated 95 consecutive patients (77 pectus excavatum (PE), 17 pectus carinatum (PC), 1 mixed deformity) who received surgical correction of the anterior chest wall.

Symptoms in Pectus Deformities: A Scoring System for Subjective Physical Complaints.

 The literature is silent on the relationship between symptoms and the Haller index. Nor is there a classification of the severity of the physical complaints.  Retrospectively, data from 128 patients (102 funnel, 25 pigeon chest patients, and 1 mixed type) were evaluated.

Elastic Stable Chest Repair as a Means of Stabilizing the Anterior Chest Wall in Recurrent Pectus Excavatum with Sternocostal Pseudarthrosis: An Innovative Fixation Device.

Introduction: Open surgical procedures in the treatment of pectus excavatum (PE) involve predetermined incisions in the parasternal cartilage and the bony ribs. For some procedures, the ribs are even dissected from the sternum for better sternal mobilization and thus better elevation of the funnel. Secure restoration of the sternocostal junction is then required, with the consequence that healing may be quite impaired.

Sternocostal dislocation following open correction of pectus excavatum-"stairway phenomenon": complication management by means of sternocostal locking titanium plate osteosynthesis.

Introduction: Some open surgical methods describe complete sternocostal dissection with subsequent resynthesis. Lack of consolidation with painful sternocostal instability and retrosternal dislocation of sternal rib tips are possible complications.

Materials And Methods: Seven patients with symptomatic unilateral sternocostal dislocation were included in this study.