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Table 4 Complications of 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

Complication

Cumulative

Bar-related adverse events

111 (37%)

Pneumothorax

68(23%)

Other Pleuropulmonary, except pneumothorax

39(13%)

Wound infection

43(14%)

Pericardial effusion

28(9%)

Hemothorax

12(4%)

Total

301