ArticleAnnals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia2017
Intervention of the Nuss Procedure on the Mental Health of Pectus Excavatum Patients.
Article in Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04362878 (Evaluation of Mental Health, Self-esteem, Body Image and Quality of Life in Patients With Pectus Excavatum or Pectus Carinatum), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Mental Health, Self-esteem, Body Image and Quality of Life in Patients With Pectus Excavatum or Pectus Carinatum: Relationship With Severity and Type of the Deformity, and Patients' Age
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of physiological and psychological outcomes of surgery for pectus excavatum supporting commissioning of service in the UK.BMJ open respiratory research · 2023Pooled it
- Patient-Controlled Intravenous Analgesia with or without Ultrasound-Guided Bilateral Intercostal Nerve Blocks in Children Undergoing the Nuss Procedure: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Controlled Trial.Pain research & management · 2022Trial
- Psychological Impact of Congenital Chest Wall Deformities Among Adolescents and Young Adults.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Surgical Treatment of Pectus Excavatum: The Boundary Between Pathologic and Aesthetic Need.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Quality of life with minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
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- Reshaping the Evidence for Surgical Correction of Pectus Excavatum Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Article
- Seasonal interest in pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum: a retrospective analysis of Google Trends data.Journal of thoracic disease · 2021Article
- Preliminary Evaluation of a Web-Based Psychological Screening Tool in Adolescents Undergoing Minimally Invasive Pectus Surgery: Single-Center Observational Cohort Study.JMIR mental health · 2018Article
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Abstract
Pectus excavatum (PE) is the most common congenital chest wall deformity, but little is known about the influence of the Nuss surgical procedure on mental health of patients with PE. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the influence of the PE Nuss surgical procedure on mental health in Chinese patients and identify the predictors of psychological status for PE. Patients with PE (n = 266) underwent a standard surgical procedure by the same surgeon and did the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) questionnaires before and 1 year after surgery. Additionally, platelet reactivity of postoperative PE patients was assessed. We found that PE patients after surgery performed better in the questionnaires and the frequency of mental health problems in the patients was lower than before. Most significantly, four mental disorders were alleviated after surgery, namely somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, and anxiety. What is more, age, suffering year, and platelet aggregation responses to serotonin and epinephrine of PE patients partially were involved with the postoperative alleviation of mental disorders. In conclusion, the mental health level of PE patients could be effectively improved via the Nuss surgical procedure, and the earlier surgery might turn out better.
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