Scar revision after minimal invasive repairment of pectus deformities

Murat Öncel; Hüseyin Yıldıran; Gökçe Yıldıran; Güven Sadi Sunam

doi:10.26663/cts.2017.0022

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Scar revision after minimal invasive repairment of pectus deformities

Murat Öncel¹,Hüseyin Yıldıran²,Gökçe Yıldıran³,Güven Sadi Sunam¹

Current Thoracic Surgery 2017;2(3):094-095. (27 December 2017)

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery, Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey
²Thoracic Surgery Clinic, Konya Numune State Hospital, Konya, Turkey
³Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery,Selcuk University Medical Faculty, Konya, Turkey

DOI : 10.26663/cts.2017.0022

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Pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum are the most common congenital chest wall deformities among others. The current surgical treatment involves insertion of a pectus bar to correct the deformity. It is a minimal invasive technique with minimal incisions but a scar tissue might be seen similar to all surgical interventions. This is an unintended result after surgery. In minimal invasive repairment of pectus deformities, we recommend scar revision after the removal of bar to achieving a good aesthetic outcome.

Keywords : pectus deformity, scar, surgery