Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2013
Pectus tunneloscopy: making Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum safe.
The Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum involves the risk of cardiac injury during the creation of the retrosternal tunnel and during bar introduction or removal across the tunnel. A modified novel real-time technique for the safe introduction of the Nuss bar across the crucial retrosternal tunnel blind spot during introduction and removal is described. ⋯ Pectus tunneloscopy is a real-time endovision surgical technique, providing safe introduction of the bar across the crucial retrosternal tunnel blind spot.