The Effect of Surgical Repair of Chest on Postural Stability Among Patients With Pectus Excavatum

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2022-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

The goal of this study is to determine the effect of Nuss minimally-invasive repair technique of pectus excavatum (PE) on the postural stability in patients with PE.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

• How surgical chest wall repair will affect postural stability of PE patients?

• What is the difference in postural stability between patients with PE and healthy controls? Participants will undergo the Nuss repair surgery and will be tested before and afterwards for their postural stability with the use of the posturography method.

Researchers will compare PE male patients and healthy young men to see if PE posture defect affects postural stability.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Poznan University of Physical Education
• Collaborator: Wielkopolska Centre of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery in Poznan
• Treatments: Bupivacaine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• pectus excavatum (experimental group)

• no posture defects (control group)

• no neurological disorders

• consent to the surgical intervention procedure (experimental group)

Exclusion Criteria:

• co-existence of defects in the anterior chest wall other than pectus excavatum

• presence of musculoskeletal anomalies