Simultaneous minimally invasive surgery for pectus excavatum and recurrent pneumothorax

Korkut Bostanci; Serdar Evman; Mustafa Yuksel

doi:10.1093/icvts/ivs283

Simultaneous minimally invasive surgery for pectus excavatum and recurrent pneumothorax

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;15(4):781-2. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs283. Epub 2012 Jul 6.

Authors

Korkut Bostanci¹, Serdar Evman, Mustafa Yuksel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University Pendik Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

A 19-year old male who had a pectus excavatum deformity and recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax was admitted to our clinic. An intervention simultaneously combining a videothoracoscopic apical wedge resection and minimally invasive repair of the pectus excavatum deformity was successfully performed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Funnel Chest / complications
Funnel Chest / diagnostic imaging
Funnel Chest / surgery*
Humans
Male
Orthopedic Procedures*
Pneumothorax / complications
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging
Pneumothorax / surgery*
Radiography
Recurrence
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted*
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult