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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezr085 | DOI Listing |
Pain Res Manag
September 2025
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.
Pectus excavatum is a common congenital chest wall deformity that can lead to significant cardiopulmonary compression and psychological distress. The minimally invasive Nuss procedure is the standard treatment, but it often results in severe postoperative pain. Effective perioperative pain management is essential to enhance recovery and improve patient outcomes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Pectus excavatum (PE) and pectus carinatum (PC), structurally opposite chest wall deformities, provides a unique opportunity to investigate the relationship between chest deformities and thoracic scoliosis.
Methods: The study collected 2014 to 2024 medical records and radiological data. Cross-sectional analysis included 1315 PE/PC patients and 5140 matched controls; retrospective cohort analysis included 549 patients.
Tob Control
August 2025
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Objective: Regulating tobacco product features can reduce the appeal and addictiveness of smoking and promote quitting, but may be undermined by misperceptions about the reasons for the ban and the relative harmfulness of the remaining products. We tested how messages about slated (menthol/flavoured crushballs) or hypothetical (filter ventilation, regular nicotine content) tobacco product bans in Australia affected quit intentions, product harmfulness perceptions and knowledge about the ban's rationale.
Methods: Australian adults who currently smoked (n=1514) completed one arm of an online study (menthol, filter ventilation or regular nicotine content, allocated based on the products they usually smoke).
J Pediatr Surg
August 2025
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Phoenix Children's, Phoenix, AZ, USA; Department of Child Health and Development, University of Arizona, School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Electronic address:
Purpose: Gabapentin is used for treating postoperative pain and preventing neuropathic pain. We aimed to examine the effects of gabapentin on opioid use and neuropathic pain following minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum with intercostal nerve cryoablation (MIRPE-INC).
Methods: A prospective comparison study was conducted among patients ≤21 years old undergoing MIRPE-ICN.
J Thorac Dis
July 2025
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Uijeongbu Eulji Medical Center, Eulji University, Uijeongbu-si, Republic of Korea.
Background: Pectus excavatum (PE) and scoliosis are widely reported to be highly associated due to the anatomical relationship between the thorax and spine. While the Nuss procedure is commonly performed to correct PE, its impact on spinal alignment remains unclear. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of Nuss procedure on spinal curvature dynamics across different stages of the Nuss procedure.
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