2024
DOI: 10.1055/a-2349-9668
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Bilateral Lung Injury with Delayed Pneumothorax following Preoperative Cryoanalgesia for Pectus Excavatum Repair in a 13-year-old Boy

Clara Massaguer,
Laura Saura-García,
Pedro Palazón
et al.

Abstract: A thirteen-year-old male patient with marphanoid features and pectus excavatum with Haller index 4 and correction index of 38% underwent a Nuss procedure with cryoanalgesia 9 days prior, which transpired uneventfully. Preoperative spirometry was normal and echocardiogram showed light aortic valve dilation. A month later, during a routine outpatient checkup, he referred middle abdominal pain, denying respiratory symptoms nor thoracic pain. He presented bilateral apical and right basal hypophonesis. Chest x-ray … Show more

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