Severe bronchomalacia treated by combination of Nuss procedure and aortopexy: an unusual therapy combination.

Speggiorin, Simone; Atamanyuk, Iryna; Wallis, Colin; Roebuck, Derek J; McLaren, Clare A; Noctor, Clair; Elliott, Martin J · Ann Thorac Surg · 2011

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Aortopexy is the treatment of choice for clinically significant tracheobronchomalacia from external vascular compression. When a marked chest depression is present, aortopexy may be less effective. We report 2 patients with pectus excavatum and vascular compression of the trachea who, despite their young age, benefited from combined Nuss bar insertion and aortopexy.

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