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"A Multicenter Study Comparing the Clinical Outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch Procedures for Repair Of Pediatric Pectus Excavatum

NCT00236132 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 360

Last updated 2007-10-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main goal of the pectus multicenter outcomes study is to document the utility of PEx repair in improving health and quality of life and to test the prevailing belief that the two predominant surgical procedures currently in use for PEx repair are essentially equivalent in terms of long-term outcomes.

We believe the uncertainty about the impact of PEx on cardiopulmonary function is due to part to the fact that the previous studies have not measured the physiological parameters mostly likely affected by the defect. A protocol to test this was developed. Thus, we propose to use these measures as well as conventional output of progressive exercise test to examine cardiopulmonary function before and after surgical repair of PEx within the context of the original study.

Conditions

  • Repair of Pectus Excavatum

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Walter Lorenz Surgical Corporation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Children's Health System, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert E Kelly, Jr., MD · Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-08-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • United States
  • Canada

Study Locations

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