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Published on: November 4, 2010
Severe bronchomalacia treated by combination of Nuss procedure and aortopexy: an unusual therapy combination
Simone Speggiorin1, Iryna Atamanyuk, Colin Wallis
1The National Service for Severe Tracheal Disease in Children, The Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom. simone.speggiorin@gmail.com
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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