Quality of life of patients who have undergone the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum: Preliminary findings

Psychological Distress in Patients with Pectus Excavatum as an Indication for Therapy

“…To date, there has been increasing research on the psychological aspects of pectus deformities or other disfiguring conditions in general and medical procedures used to correct them [14,15]. The psychological importance of the body image including the notion that medical treatment can improve quality of life has been described in some detail and there are questionnaires to assess the preoperative status of children with PE [10,11]. Nevertheless, to perform an accurate and extensive psychological assessment it is important to identify the children's individual psychological strain including various dimensions.…”

“…These psychological criteria influence the patient's life deeply. In the past years, several studies examined the quality of life of these children, which demonstrated that the adolescents improve after therapy [10,11]. Nevertheless, until now repair of PE a psychological basis without any physiological restrictions has been controversial [8,11].…”

Emotional aspects of self-attitude of adolescents with Pectus excavatum (PE) before and after surgery (pilot study)

“…В этот период за несколько месяцев в связи с ро-стовым скачком минимальный ранее косметиче-ский дефект становится грубым и уродующим [2], что может сильно повлиять на всю последующую жизнь. Именно поэтому в настоящее время показа-ниями к оперативному лечению являются не только функциональные изменения со стороны сердечно-сосудистой и дыхательной систем, но и грубый кос-метический дефект, который существенно влияет на качество жизни пациента [1,13,14,16,17].…”

"Pectus excavatum: avaliação comparativa das técnicas operatórias de Robicsek e Nuss"

“…Como é comum esses pacientes apresentarem problemas psicológicos ou retração social, a avaliação subjetiva dos resultados é , muitas vezes, complexa ou questionável (Fonkalsrud et al, 2002;Lawson et al, 2003;Roberts et al, 2003). O simples exame físico do paciente permite que o médico meça, com fita métrica, a "circunferência" torácica na região da maior deformidade (MD) ou terço distal do esterno (TD).…”

“…Quando aplicados questionários para avaliação da qualidade de vida, os pacientes tratados pela TN e seus pais relatam significativa melhora, com mudanças profundas no convívio social, bem estar e ótimos índices de satisfação (Lawson et al, 2003;Roberts et al, 2003;Krasopoulos et al, 2005).…”