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) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.