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- Title
Complications Associated with Bar Fixation after Nuss Repair for Pectus Excavatum.
- Authors
SHAH, MANSI; FRYE, RICHARD; MARZINSKY, AMY; PHILLIPS, MICHAEL R.; ADAMSON, WILLIAM; MCLEAN, SEAN E.
- Abstract
The article discusses a review of the Nuss procedure conducted among patients between 0 to 18 years of age for pectus excavatum. Topics discussed include the use of bar stabilizers in the majority of patients, complications due to bar fixation and position, broken wires, and positioning of bar migration, and the use of steel wires to attach the Nuss bar to the rib.
- Subjects
PECTUS excavatum; SURGICAL complications; RIB abnormalities; STERNUM abnormalities; STABILIZING agents; THERAPEUTICS; INTERNAL fixation in fractures; LONGITUDINAL method; ORTHOPEDIC surgery; TREATMENT effectiveness; RETROSPECTIVE studies; MEDICAL equipment reliability; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
American Surgeon, 2016, Vol 82, Issue 9, p781
- ISSN
0003-1348
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/000313481608200934