Meanings of pectus in English

Reoperation for failed pectus repair in adults can be performed safely with outstanding results.

Quantifying sex-ratio bias in probands demonstrates a highly significant male bias associated with pectus excavatum.

Says he, 'Omnia prioris' (meaning the swift); 'sed pectus album; paulo major priore.'

Introduction: Postoperative pain control remains the primary reason for inpatient stay after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum.

The purpose of this study was to review our 30-year experience with surgical repair of pectus deformities in adults.

The indications have been as diverse as anti-retrovirus treatment associated facial lipoatrophy, pectus excavatum and post-breast reconstruction contour deformities.

More recently the minimally invasive Nuss procedure, used exclusively in children, has been introduced for correction of pectus deformities in adults.

Background: A plethora of studies have described repair of pectus deformities in children, but only few reports have described this repair in adults.

Materials and methods: Patients were randomized to epidural or PCA following minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum with standard protocols for each arm.

Some clinical traits appear important and may serve as reliable indicators for predicting the likelihood of pectus excavatum in children before severe symptoms present.

Additionally there is likely more than one pectus disease-associated allele, as well as a relatively large number of disease allele carriers in the human population.

Background: Pectus repair in adults can be challenging.

Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital chest wall abnormality expressed in children, yet its inheritance is poorly understood.

Pectus est quod facit theologum.