TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Repair of Complex (Recurrent) Pectus Excavatum in Adults A1 - Caso, Raul A1 - Marshall, M. Blair A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Burt, Bryan M. A2 - Groth, Shawn S. A2 - Loor, Gabriel A2 - Wolf, Andrea S. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann PY - 2020 T2 - Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e AB - Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most commonly occurring chest wall deformity. It is thought to result from unbalanced growth of the costochondral regions of the anterior chest wall, leading to symmetric and asymmetric abnormalities.1 Meyer and Sauerbruch first reported on the surgical repair of PE in 1911 and 1919, respectively.2,3 In 1949 Ravitch4 set the fundamentals of PE surgical correction, and in 1998 Nuss5 introduced a minimally invasive alternative to the modified Ravitch procedure. The techniques for primary repair of chest wall deformities, including PE, are described in Chapter 141. However, recurrence does occur with these techniques and in experienced hands, it can range from 2% to 10%. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2023/05/30 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170415311 ER -