Prevalence of comorbidities in a surgical pectus excavatum population

CONCLUSIONS: The majority of patients undergoing pectus excavatum surgery have no comorbidities or previous medical conditions. It seems that this patient category is comparable to the background population in this regard and our findings do not support screening this patient category for associated conditions.PMID:33841956 | PMC:PMC8024824 | DOI:10.21037/jtd-20-3352

Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - April 12, 2021 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Ara Shwan Media Thomas Decker Christensen Niels Katballe Hans Kristian Pilegaard Frank Vincenzo de Paoli Source Type: research