Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum in a 17-year-old boy with a history of congenital diaphragmatic hernia and lack of pericardium

We reported a 17-year-old boy with very deep asymmetric pectus excavatum and with a history of congenital diaphragmatic hernia repair and hypoplastic left lung. We performed a minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum as described by Nuss et al., in 1998. We performed a left-sided thoracoscopy,...

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Main Authors: Stefan M. van der Heide, Simone T. Timman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221357661630046X