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Table 3 This is a comprehensive list of all the studies that included Robicsek and Implant procedures

From: Systematic review of surgical treatment techniques for adult and pediatric patients with pectus excavatum

Reference

n

Study type

Follow-up (years)

Age, mean (range), years

Operation duration range, min

Anasthesia duration, Epi/IV, days

Mean blood loss, mL

Mean LOS, days

Outcome, >good/ excellent, %

Non-displacement complication, attention/ self-resolving, %

Requiring reoperation, %

Bar/strut displacement, %

Number of bars removed, %

Symptoms

Lung function

Cardiac function improved

Snel [[20]]

16

R

6 (0.5-20)

43 (21–64)

    

69/6

62.5/--

18.8

     

Grappolini [[18]]

11

 

16.3

29 (21–47)

137.2

  

3.6

 

0/--

      

Wechselberger [[62]]

20

R

4.5 (0.8-11.5)

20 (17–42)

   

5

90/80

85/--

      

Luzzi [61]

23

R

 

16

   

5

89/64

47.8/--

9

  

Better

No change

 

Lansman [57]

8

R

(0.5-13)

<16

87

0/--

  

88/38

12.5/--

0

12.5

    
  1. The table is divided horizontally with bold and plain text to differentiate between pediatric Robicsek and adult surgical implant patients. Within each subgroup studies are organized in reverse chronological order from top to bottom based on publication date.
  2. P/R = Prospective/Retrospective Cohort Study.