{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,23]],"date-time":"2026-07-23T14:18:03Z","timestamp":1784816283567,"version":"3.55.0"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Georg Thieme Verlag KG","issue":"01","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["Thorac cardiovasc Surg"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>\n            Background\u2003Pectus excavatum (PE) reduces the dynamics of the thoracic cage, with a negative impact on exercise capacity. We aimed to evaluate the effects of Nuss repair for PE on the dynamics of the thoracic cage and exercise capacity in adults.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Methods\u2003This was a prospective observational study of 46 adults (mean age, 26.2 years) who underwent PE correction using the Nuss procedure between September 2016 and August 2017. Cirtometry was used to obtain measures of thoracic cage circumference at two levels (axillary level [AL] and xyphoid level [XL]), at the end points of inspiration and expiration. Circumference measures were obtained before surgery and at 1, 3, and 6 months after surgery. Exercise capacity was also evaluated using the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). The association between the 6MWT data and cirtometry measures was evaluated using Pearson's correlation.<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Results\u2003The circumference at maximum inspiration increased from baseline to 3 months after surgery (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01), at both the AL (84.5\u2009\u00b1\u20094.9 vs. 88.5\u2009\u00b1\u20095.1 cm) and XL (80.1\u2009\u00b1\u20094.8 vs. 83.7\u2009\u00b1\u20095.1 cm). The 6MWT also significantly improved from baseline to 3 months after surgical correction (544.7\u2009\u00b1\u200964.1 vs. 637.3\u2009\u00b1\u200959.4 m, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.01), with this improvement being correlated to the increase in thoracic circumference on maximal inspiration at both the AL and XL (0.8424 and 0.7951, respectively).<\/jats:p><jats:p>\n            Conclusion\u2003Improved dynamics of the thoracic cage were achieved after Nuss repair for PE in adults. This increase in thoracic circumference at maximum inspiration was associated with an improvement in exercise capacity at 3 months after surgery.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/s-0039-1683384","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,12]],"date-time":"2019-03-12T23:54:23Z","timestamp":1552434863000},"page":"085-091","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Improved Dynamics of Thoracic Cage and Exercise Capacity after Nuss Repair for Pectus Excavatum"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"68","author":[{"given":"Shu-Wei","family":"Yeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mei-Chen","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan"},{"name":"Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi-Wei","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yu-Ting","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"I-Shiang","family":"Tzeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Research, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yeung-Leung","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,12]]},"container-title":["The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/products\/ejournals\/pdf\/10.1055\/s-0039-1683384.pdf","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,1]],"date-time":"2020-02-01T00:45:59Z","timestamp":1580517959000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.thieme-connect.de\/DOI\/DOI?10.1055\/s-0039-1683384"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,12]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"01","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,31]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2020,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1055\/s-0039-1683384","relation":{},"ISSN":["0171-6425","1439-1902"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0171-6425","type":"print"},{"value":"1439-1902","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,12]]}}}