Bouchard S, Hong AR, Gilchrist BF, Kuenzler KA. - Semin Pediatr Surg. 2009 May;18(2):66-72. - This paper presents four severe cardiac injuries that occurred in patients who underwent the minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum (MIRPE). These complications occurred in different clinical settings, namely in a patient with an extremely severe form of pectus, in a patient who had previously undergone an open repair, after a previous open heart surgery, and at the time of bar removal.
