The changes of distance between nipples following correction of women pectus excavatum.
Sci Rep
; 12(1): 20265, 2023 01 09.
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ABSTRACT
The breasts in women pectus excavatum patients frequently appear to be slanting medially along the inclination of the distorted ribs. This study aims to evaluate changes in the distance between the nipples and to find out whether medially slanting breasts are corrected in women pectus excavatum patients following modified Nuss procedure. This case series analysis enrolled 22 young women patients with pectus excavatum between October 2011 and September 2020. We measured all the patients' distances from the sternal midline to the right and left nipples, based on chest computerized tomography. We calculated the distances between nipples as being the sum of the right and left distances. The mean age of patients was 16.50 ± 4.73 years, and the follow-up periods were 35.59 ± 20.23 months. The postoperative Haller indices (2.89 ± 0.43) were significantly lower than the preoperative Haller indices (5.14 ± 1.96) (p = 0.000). The distances between the nipples before and after Nuss procedure were 145.17 ± 17.73 mm and 172.29 ± 19.11 mm, which is a significant increase following surgery. (p = 0.000). Our results demonstrated that skeletal correction with modified Nuss procedure in pectus excavatum increased the distance between nipples, indicating that medially slanting breasts had been corrected.
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Tórax em Funil
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Observational_studies
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article