Placement of a pectus bar for pectus excavatum (also known as the Nuss procedure) involves placing one or two steel (pectus) bars under the breastbone with the aim of raising it and correcting the ...

For the Nuss procedure, a metal bar is placed behind the ribcage in the chest. Two small incisions are made near each armpit, where the surgeon positions the bar to raise the sternum and correct the ...

The Nuss procedure is the most common fix for pectus excavatum. In this procedure, a metal bar is placed behind the ribcage to raise the sternum and correct the depression in the chest wall. In most ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (also known as MIRPE [minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum] or the Nuss procedure) is adequate to ...