Anesthesia for minimally invasive chest wall reconstructive surgeries: Our experience and review of literature.

Furthermore, lung function at rest and during exertion are reasonably improved.[ 2 29 30 31 ] Disadvantages Efficacy of the procedure sharply declines with increasing age (due to decrease in pliability of the chest wall).[ 14 ] There may be significant postoperative pain lasting months (limiting strenuous physical activity).[ 37 ] Some relapse of the deformity after bar removal may also appear.[ 36 ] Another drawback is the inability to satisfactorily treat an asymmetrical pectus excavatum or pectus carinatum.[ 14 ] Complications Over 90% of cases yield good results resulting in immense patient and family satisfaction.[ 36 37 38 ] Overall incidence rate of complications was higher (almost 20%)[ 14 ] in initial cases but came down to <10% in later studies.

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