The Effect of Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair on the Lung Volumes of Patients with Pectus Excavatum

Taslak Şengül, Ayşen; Şahin, Bünyamin; Celenk, Cetin; Başoğlu, Ahmet; Sengul, Bilal

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1333829

The Effect of Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair on the Lung Volumes of Patients with Pectus Excavatum

Taslak Şengül A., Şahin B., Celenk C., Başoğlu A., Sengul B.

THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON, vol.62, no.3, pp.226-230, 2014 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 62 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2014
Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0033-1333829
Journal Name: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.226-230
Keywords: pectus excavatum, stereological method, spirometry, PULMONARY-FUNCTION, NUSS PROCEDURE, EXERCISE, SCINTIGRAPHY, METAANALYSIS, SURGERY
Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

ObjectivesTo assess the increase in lung volume after Nuss surgery in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) by using stereological methods and to evaluate the correlation between the lung volume and spirometry findings.