Late complication of the Nuss procedure: recurrent cardiac tamponade

Pectus excavatum (PE) is known as one of the most common congenital deformities of the anterior chest wall. The Nuss procedure is an effective surgical therapy to correct PE. Here, we report a case of recurrent cardiac tamponade due to hemopericardium that occurred after 16 months following the Nuss...

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Autores principales: Park, Won Jong, Son, Jang Won, Park, Kyu Hwan, Kim, You Min, Nam, Jong Ho, Choi, Kang Un, Kim, Jung Ho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Yeungnam University College of Medicine 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6784654/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31620642
http://dx.doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2019.00241
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Sumario:Pectus excavatum (PE) is known as one of the most common congenital deformities of the anterior chest wall. The Nuss procedure is an effective surgical therapy to correct PE. Here, we report a case of recurrent cardiac tamponade due to hemopericardium that occurred after 16 months following the Nuss procedure. The cause of recurrent hemopericardium was thought to be local, repetitive irritation of the pericardium by the Nuss steel bar. We should keep in mind that this serious complication can occur after the Nuss procedure, even in the late phase.

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