Clinical impact of multiple pectus bars on surgical outcomes following pectus excavatum repair
The placement of multiple bars (≥3 bars) is useful for the correction of asymmetric pectus excavatum, but attention should be paid to the potential risk of postoperative pleurisy.
Authors
- Kyohei Masai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2039-0483)
- Naoyuki Oka
- Kaoru Kaseda
- Tomoyuki Hishida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-8563)
- Keisuke Asakura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4491-3456)
- Yu Okubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4778-3762)
Institutions
- Keio University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivae168
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science