A Multidisciplinary Assessment of Standard Low Dose Versus Ultra-low Dose Chest CT Scans for Pectus Excavatum Imaging.

Aim: Evaluation of ultra-low dose chest CT imaging for the assessment of pectus excavatum severity as determined by pediatric radiologists and pediatric surgeons using Haller (HI) and Correction indices (CI).

Methods: A single institution, prospective evaluation of patients being evaluated for pectus excavatum were scanned with a standard low-dose chest CT protocol (CARE) followed by a consecutive ultra-low dose CT scan (ULTRA). 3 surgeons and 4 radiologists were instructed to determine HI and CI in each series.

Vacuum Bell Therapy for Pectus Excavatum: Long-term Experience at a Single Center.

Aim: To evaluate factors associated with excellent correction in pectus excavatum patients undergoing vacuum bell therapy (VBT).

Methods: A single-institution retrospective chart review was performed November 2012-April 2023 to assess corrections of patients who underwent VBT. Patient demographics, presentation, and results were collected.

Pectus repair after prior sternotomy: clinical practice review and practice recommendations based on a 2,200-patient database.

The minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) is widely accepted as a method of pectus excavatum (PE) repair. Repair is rarely performed in patients with a history of median sternotomy. A feared complication of this procedure is iatrogenic cardiac injury; the risk of injury in patients with prior sternotomy is especially high due to the development of post-surgical retrosternal adhesions, which obscures the "critical view" during MIRPE.

Selective use of sternal elevation before substernal dissection in more than 2000 Nuss repairs at a single institution.

Background/purpose: Evaluate the safety of sternal elevation (SE) used selectively before creating the substernal tunnel during the Nuss procedure.

Methods: An IRB-approved (01-05-EX-0175-HOSP), single institution, retrospective review was performed (1/1/1997-11/20/2017). Primary and secondary Nuss repairs (i.

Recent Modifications of the Nuss Procedure: The Pursuit of Safety During the Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum.

Objective: To review standardized Nuss correction of pectus excavatum and vacuum bell treatment over the last 10 years.

Summary Of Background Data: In 2010, we reported 21 years of the Nuss procedure in 1215 patients.

Methods: Over the last 10 years, 2008-2018, we evaluated 1885 pectus excavatum patients.