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Table 3 Cumulative perioperative data on 20 years of Nuss operations in children 1987–2006

From: Peri-operative data on the nuss procedure in children with pectus excavatum: independent survey of the first 20 years' data

Reference

number

Patient

number

Average Age

Average

Operating

Time

Average

Hospital Stay

1

329

11 years

Not reported

5 days

3

21

14.4 years

53'

Not reported

4

52

Unknown

106'

3.9 days

5

335

8 years

Not reported

Not reported

6

53

9 years

76'

8.9 days

10

22

15.5 years

Not reported

13.4 days

11

40

17.6 years

126'

Not reported

12

172

15.1 years

76'

Not reported

13

31

14.5 years

Not reported

4 days

15

20

14 years

75'

5.5 days

16

36

12.3 years

96'

5.5 days

8

107

7.9 years

67'

8 days

9

107

7.5 years

48'

Not reported

14

80

11.5 years

53'

3.7 days

17

35

9.5 years

198'

4.8 days

18

21

8.2 years

Not reported

4.9 days

22

461

15.2 years

52'

5.3 days

23

27

5.9 years

52'

4.9 days

Total

1949

10.6 years

68'

5.5 days