THE SUBSTANTIATION OF THE DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH IN DIAGNOSTICS AND SURGICAL CORRECTION OF THE FUNNEL-SHAPED DEFORMATION OF THE CHEST IN CHILDREN

Abstract

Funnel-shaped deformation of the chest (pectus excavalus) is a congenital pathology of the anterior thoracic wall, manifested by the retraction of the sternum and sternocostal cartilages in various forms and degrees. There are many options for correcting this deformation, which can be conditionally divided into open and minimally invasive methods. In the leading clinics for this pathology, there is recently used the most minimally invasive method of correction by Nass. Unfortunately, for today there is no the only as an algorithm for preoperative examination of patients with this pathology, as well as the decision on the choice of surgical correction method.