A simple technique for pectus bar removal using a modified Nuss procedure

Release time:2016-04-25

Journal:Journal of pediatric surgery

Abstract:BACKGROUND: Although the Nuss procedure has been widely accepted as the standard procedure for the repair of pectus excavatum in children, adolescents, and even adults, few reports have documented the bar removal procedure as a whole. In this study, we retrospectively evaluated the safety and efficacy of a modified Nuss bar removal procedure.

Note:CONCLUSIONS: The Nuss bar can be safely and easily removed in 2 years or longer after the Nuss procedure. Our study suggests that, after removing the metallic stabilizer, the bar should be turned with the flipper to loosen it from the surrounding fibrous capsule and then pulled out along the original surgical incision without bending or turning.

Co-author:B, F.; Yin, D.; Yu, W.; Kong, Liu

Indexed by:Applied Research

Discipline:临床医学

Issue:2013, 48 (5),

Page Number:1137-41

Translation or Not:no