Table 2 This is a comprehensive list of all the studies that included the Ravitch procedure
Reference | n | Study type | Follow-up (years) | Age, mean (range), years | Operation duration, min | Analgesia duration, epidural/ IV, days | Mean blood loss, mL | LOS, days | Outcome, >good/ excellent, % | Non-displacement complication, attention/ self-resolving, % | Requiring reoperation, % | Strut displacement, % | Number of struts removed, % | Symptoms | Lung function | Cardiac function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neviere [[53]] | 70 | P | 1 | 27 (18–62) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Better | Better |
Jaroszewski [[54]] b | 320 | R | 2.2; (0.1 - 21) | 27 (19–67) | 191 | 0/2 |  | 2.9 |  | 8/-- | 1 d | 0 |  | Better |  |  |
Haller [[55]] | 108 | R |  | (17–39) |  |  |  |  | 91/60 |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |
Lam [25] | 24 |  |  | 15.5 (13–18) | 84.1 | 1.3/2.8 |  | 3.9 |  |  |  | 50 |  |  |  |  |
Hu [56] | 398 | R | 4.2 (1–16) | 4.6 (2.5-18) |  |  |  |  | 99/-- | 1.3/-- | 7 | 1 |  | Better | Better | Better |
Kelly [24]a,b | 43 | P | 0.2 | 15.9 (8.0-21) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 98/68 | 63/42 | Â | Â | Â | Better | Â | Â |
Inge [30] | 25 | R | 3.5 (2.5-4) | 12 (4–18) | 195 | 0/-- | 197 | 4.4 | 85/-- | 4/-- | 0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |
Lansman [57] | 75 | R | 0.5-13 | 8.2 (<16) | 121 | Â | Â | Â | Â | 41/-- | 17 | 17.3 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Molik [27] | 68 | R | Â | 12.6 (5.0-20) | 282 | 0.6/1.8 | Â | 4 | Â | 19.1/-- | 6 | 0 | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Miller [29] | 32 | R |  | 11.5 (0–21) | 143 |  | 200 | 3.2 | 94/-- | 18.8/-- | 3 |  |  | Better |  |  |
Lane-Smith [58] | 161 | R | 8.8 (1–21.5) | 6.4 (2–17) | 150 |  | 80 | 6.1c | 83/-- |  | 7 |  |  |  |  |  |
Haller [55] | 352 | R | >2 | (1–17) |  |  |  |  | 99/78 |  | <1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Gilbert [59] | 32 | R | 2.2 | (3–16) |  |  |  |  |  | 3.1/3.1 | 0 | 34 | 100 |  |  |  |
Holcomb [60] | 40 | R | 3.8 | (2–16) |  |  |  |  | 95/68 |  | 5 |  |  |  |  |  |