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Late complication of the Nuss procedure: recurrent cardiac tamponade

  • Park, Won Jong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-Eui Medical Center) ;
  • Son, Jang Won (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Kyu Hwan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Veterans Hospital) ;
  • Kim, You Min (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pohang SM Christianity Hospital) ;
  • Nam, Jong Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Kang Un (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jung Ho (Department of Emergency Medicine, Yeungnam University Medical Center)
  • Received : 2019.05.20
  • Accepted : 2019.06.10
  • Published : 2019.09.30
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Abstract

Pectus excavatum (PE) is known as one of the most common congenital deformities of the anterior chest wall. The Nuss procedure is an effective surgical therapy to correct PE. Here, we report a case of recurrent cardiac tamponade due to hemopericardium that occurred after 16 months following the Nuss procedure. The cause of recurrent hemopericardium was thought to be local, repetitive irritation of the pericardium by the Nuss steel bar. We should keep in mind that this serious complication can occur after the Nuss procedure, even in the late phase.

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