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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2015; 04(01): 011-013
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1563399
Case Report: Thoracic
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Stabilization of Flail Chest and Fractured Sternum by Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum

Murat Akkuş
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ayfer Utkusavaş
2   Department of Pulmonology, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Murat Hanözü
1   Department of Thoracic Surgery, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Mehmet Kaya
3   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
,
Ihsan Bakir
3   Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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30 April 2015

26 June 2015

Publication Date:
20 August 2015 (online)

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Abstract

We report a 55-year-old male patient with a massive flail chest that required chest stabilization by minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE) employing a Nuss bar. Surgical stabilization of severe flail chest and fractured sternum with Nuss bar by MIRPE is a safe and useful treatment modality in properly selected patients.