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Metal Contamination After Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum (MIRPE)

NCT04751266 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 28

Last updated 2022-04-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a metal wear debris after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum and if there's a clinical relevance. Our hypothesis is that the metal bar after minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum leads to a locally and systemic immune reaction due to elevated metal contamination.

Conditions

  • Congenital Funnel Chest

Interventions

PROCEDURE

minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

substernal insertion of a metal bar

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dr. Caroline Fortmann

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caroline Fortmann, MD · Department of Pediatric Surgery

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-03-31
Primary Completion
2022-04-30
Completion
2022-04-30

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