The Effect of Surgical Repair of Chest on Postural Stability Among Patients With Pectus Excavatum

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine the effect of Nuss minimally-invasive repair technique of pectus excavatum (PE) on the postural stability in patients with PE. The main questions it aims to answer are: * How surgical chest wall repair will affect postural stability of PE patients? * What is the difference in postural stability between patients with PE and healthy controls? Participants will undergo the Nuss repair surgery and will be tested before and afterwards for their postural stability with the use of the posturography method. Researchers will compare PE male patients and healthy young men to see if PE posture defect affects postural stability.

Timeline

Start

2011-01

Primary completion

2022-09

Completion

2022-09

Publications

• Background Pawlak K, Gasiorowski L, Gabryel P, Galecki B, Zielinski P, Dyszkiewicz W. Early and Late Results of the Nuss Procedure in Surgical Treatment of Pectus Excavatum in Different Age Groups. Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Nov;102(5):1711-1716. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.04.098. Epub 2016 Jun 30.
• Background de Loos ER, Daemen JHT, Pennings AJ, Heuts S, Maessen JG, Hulsewe KWE, Vissers YLJ. Minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum by the Nuss procedure: The learning curve. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar;163(3):828-837.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.11.154. Epub 2020 Dec 10.
• Background Blaszczyk JW, Beck M, Sadowska D. Assessment of postural stability in young healthy subjects based on directional features of posturographic data: vision and gender effects. Acta Neurobiol Exp (Wars). 2014;74(4):433-42. doi: 10.55782/ane-2014-2006.

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