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

Dr. Caroline Fortmann

Status: Completed

Conditions: Congenital Funnel Chest

Treatments: Procedure: minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04751266

6659

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• MIRPE

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

28 participants in 1 patient group

Patients with MIRPE

Description:

first minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum

Treatment:

Procedure: minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum