Chest Wall Deformities

Part I. General

1. History of Surgical Repairs of Chest Wall Deformities
Amulya K. Saxena

2. Classification of Chest Wall Deformities
Amulya K. Saxena

3. Surgical Anatomy of the Chest Wall
Atulya K. Saxena, Yasen Fayez Alalayet

4. Sternalis Muscle
Athanasios Raikos, Panagiota Kordali

5. Cartilage Histology in Chest Wall Deformities
Felix Muller, Christoph Brochhausen, Volker H. Schmitt, Salmai Turial

6. Bone Mineral Density as a Marker for Pectus Correction
Manabu Okawada, Geoffrey J. Lane, Atsuyuki Yamataka

7. Biochemical and Histological Differences Between Costal and Articular Cartilages
Michael W. Stacey

8. Syndromes Associated with Pectus Deformities
Eva E. Amerstorfer, Amulya K. Saxena

9. Chest Wall Deformities and Musculoskeletal Defects in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
Elke Zani-Ruttenstock, Amulya K. Saxena

10. Idiopathic Scoliosis
Christine Wibmer, Vinay Saraph

11. Psychologic Effects, Body Image, and Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum
Robert E. Kelly, Michele L. Lombardo

12. Anesthesia and Pain Therapy for Surgery of Chest Wall Deformities
Maria Vittinghoff, Anton Gutmann

Part II. Clinical Investigations

13. Preoperative Assessment of Chest Wall Deformities
Seth D. Goldstein, Paul M. Colombani

14. Index for Measurement of Pectus Excavatum
Shawn D. St. Peter

15. Anthrometric Index for Pectus Excavatum

Eduardo Baldassari Rebeis, José Ribas Milanez Campos

16. Spiral Computed Tomography
Erich Sorantin, Sabine Weissensteiner

17. Structured Light Technique for Measurement of Pectus Excavatum
Marcin Witkowski, Wojciech Glinkowski

18. Breast and Chest Wall Asymmetries
Allen Gabriel, Craig N. Creasman, G. Patrick Maxwell

19. Exercise Performance Testing in Pectus Excavatum Patients
Christoph Castellani, Jana Windhaber, Peter H. Schober

20. Correlating Haller Index and Cardiopulmonary Disease in Pectus Excavatum
Meera Kotagal, Jordan W. Swanson, Jeffrey R. Avansino

21. Cardiological Aspects of Symptomatic Pectus Excavatum in Adults
Paul F. Höppener, Hans A. Kragten, Ron Winkens

22. Assessment of Right Ventricular Function in Pectus Excavatum
Haritha Reddy, Prashant Vaishnava, Rajeev L. Narayan

23. Long Term Cardiopulmonary Effects After Surgery
David Sigalet

24. Rib Cage Anomalies in Severe Osteogenesis Imperfecta – Functional Investigations
Andrea Aliverti, Antonella Lo Mauro

25. Concepts in Allergy to Pectus Metal Implants
Savina Aneja, James S. Taylor, Apra Sood, Golara Honari, John D. DiFiore

26. Instruments for Correction of Chest Wall Deformities
Silvia Zötsch, Amulya K. Saxena

Part III. Pectus Excavatum: General Aspects- Pectus Excavtum

27. Overview of Repair of Pectus Excavatum Type of Deformities
Amulya K. Saxena

28. The Vacuum Bell Treatment
Frank-Martin Haecker

29. Thoracoscopic Aspects in Minimal Access Repair of Pectus Excavatum
Amulya K. Saxena

30. Complications of Minimally Access Pectus Excavatum Repair
Frazier Frantz, Michael J. Goretsky

31. Pleural and Pericardial Associations After Minimal Access Pectus Repair
Christoph Castellani, Amulya K. Saxena

32. Management of Postoperative Infections Following the Minimally Access Repair for Pectus Excavatum
Sohail R. Shah, George W. Holcomb

33. Recurrent Pectus Excavatum Repair
Michele L. Lombardo, Donald Nuss

34. Techniques and Instruments for Pectus Bar Removal
Amulya K. Saxena

Part IV. Pectus Excavatum: Surgical Techniques

35. Minimal Access Repair of Pectus Excavatum
Michael Höllwarth, Amulya K. Saxena

36. Surgical Techniques- Pectus Excavatum: The Modified Ravitch Procedure
Julia Funk, Christian Gross

37. Welch Procedure
Juan C. Agustín-Asensio

38. The Willital-Hegemann Procedure
Günter H. Willital, Amulya K. Saxena

39. Minimal Access Repair of Pectus Excavatum (MARPE)-Pilegaard Modification
Hans K. Pilegaard

40. Sternum Elevators for Minimal Access Pectus Excavatum Repair
Satoshi Takagi, Hiroyuki Ohjimi

41. Minimally Access Repair of Pectus Excavatum- with Sternotomy in Adults
David Pérez, Gara Torrent, Santiago Quevedo

42. Free Fat Transplantation for the Aesthetic Correction of Mild Pectus Excavatum
Aris Sterodimas, Luiz Haroldo Pereira

43. Customised Silicone Prostheses
Samer Saour, Pari-Naz Mohanna

Part V. Pectus Carinatum: General Aspects

44. Overview of Repair of Pectus Carinatum Type of Deformities
Amulya K. Saxena

45. Nonoperative Management of Chest Wall Deformities
Richard G. Azizkhan, Aliza P. Cohen

46. Dynamic Compressor System for Pectus Carinatum Repair
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro, Carlos Fraire

Part VI. Pectus Carinatum: Surgical Techniques

47. Minimally Access Repair of Pectus Carinatum
Horacio Abramson, Leonardo Abramson

48. Minimal Access Repair of Pectus Carinatum
Andras Hock

49. Thoracoscopic Approach for Surgical Repair of Pectus Carinatum
David Pérez, José Ramón Cano, Luis López

50. Minimal Access Repair of Pectus Carinatum: Istanbul Technique
Mustafa Yuksel

51. Thoracoscopic Repair of Pectus Carinatum: Complete Cartilage Resection with Perichondrial Preservation Technique
Michele Torre, Marcello Carlucci, Luca Pio, Patricio Varela

Part VII. Surgical Techniques Common for Pectus Excavatum, Pectus Carinatum, and Complex Chest Wall Deformities

52. Non-prosthetic Surgical Repair for Pectus Deformities
Ida Giurin, Ciro Esposito

53. Minimally Access Open Repair of Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum (Robicsek Procedure)
Francis Robicsek, Benjamin B. Peeler

54. Pectus Less Invasive Extrapleural Repair (PLIER): Saxena Technique
Amulya K. Saxena

Part VIII. Other Chest Wall Deformities: Rare Chest Wall Deformities

55. Poland’s Syndrome
Amulya K. Saxena

56. Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy (Jeune’s Syndrome): Congenital and Acquired
J. Duncan Phillips

57. Post-traumatic and Post-surgical Chest Wall Deformities (Acquired Chest Wall Deformities)
Helmut Wegmann, Amulya K. Saxena

58. Thoracic Reconstruction in Chest Wall Tumors
Alireza Basharkhah, Amulya K. Saxena

59. Operative Options in the Management of Cleft Sternum
Jose Ribas Milanez Campos, Manoel Carlos Prieto Velhote

Part IX. Other Chest Wall Deformities: Surgical Techniques- Rare Chest Wall Deformities

60. Repair of Cleft Sternum
Laura Jackson, Dakshesh Parikh

61. Poly-Lactic Acid Plate for Chest Wall Repair in Pentalogy of Cantrell
Hui-Ling Chia, Vincent Kok-Leng Yeow

62. Poland’s Syndrome Treatment with Omentum Flap
Sirlei dos Santos Costa, Rosa Maria Blotta

63. Bilateral Sternal Bar Turnover Flaps for Reconstruction of Inferior Sternal Cleft
Hui-Ling Chia, Vincent Kok-Leng Yeow

Part X. Comments on Pectus Repairs

64. Pros and Cons of the Nuss-Procedure
Amulya K. Saxena, Francis Robicsek

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