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Hence, this study was conducted to review our initial large single-center experience in the use of the VATS-NUSS for patients with pectus excavatum (PE) within 5 years.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold> Data from 365 consecutive PE patients between January 2015 and December 2019 who were surgically treated with VATS-NUSS were retrospectively analyzed.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> Of 365 patients, median age at operation was 15.61 \u00b1 3.73 years (range = 5\u201327 years), most being child and adolescent. Three hundred nine patients (84.65%) were male. PE was commonly detected at puberty (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 328, 89.9%). Postoperatively, early complications consisted of pneumothorax (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 5, 1.37%), pleural bleeding\/pleural fluid (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 2, 0.55%), pleural hematoma (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1, 0.27%), pneumonia (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1, 0.27%), surgical wound infection (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1, 0.27%), incision fluid accumulation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 3, 0.82%), metal bar infection (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 1, 0.27%), atelectasis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 3, 0.82%), and fever (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 8, 2.19%). Late complications included surgical wound infection (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 2, 0.55%), metal bar deviation (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 5, 1.37%), metal bar allergy (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 10, 2.74%), recurrent PE (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 2, 0.55%), and persistent PE (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 5, 1.37%). No deaths occurred. In 175 patients (47.95%) experiencing bar removal, mean operative time for bar removal was 34.09 \u00b1 10.61 min, and the length of hospitalization following bar removal was 2.4 \u00b1 1.34 days; the most frequent complication was pneumothorax (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 19, 10.85%). One wound infection and one incision fluid accumulation happened following bar removal. Favorable midterm to long-term postoperative outcomes were achieved.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> From the beginning of the Vietnamese surgeons' experience, VATS-NUSS application obtained favorable outcomes with minimizing the occurrence of serious intraoperative and postoperative complications. 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