Nuss reconstruction for pectus excavatum

We have the greatest experience of Nuss procedures in Ukraine. We perform these operations at virtually any age.

Until the mid-1990s, surgical treatment of pectus excavatum was not well standardized and was mainly performed through an open approach. The Ravitch method, described in 1949, was considered the basic technique. With various modifications, it became an accepted standard for correcting pectus excavatum worldwide.

Many publications reported excellent results and low complication rates with this surgical method for pectus excavatum. However, it has drawbacks because it is relatively traumatic: a large incision, muscle detachment and removal or resection of parts of the sternum and ribs.

In 1987, Donald Nuss, a paediatric surgeon from Virginia, first performed thoracoscopic minimally invasive correction of pectus excavatum. He first published the results of 10 years of work in 1998. The method has since become widely used worldwide.