Preliminary application of negative pressure suction bell in young children with pectus excavatum
- VernacularTitle:负压吸盘在低龄漏斗胸患儿中的初步应用
- Author:
Jian FU
1
;
Chun WU
1
;
Yonggang LI
1
;
Hongbo LI
1
;
Gang WANG
1
;
Jiangtao DAI
1
;
Zhengxia PAN
1
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Pediatrics, Chongqing, 400014, P. R. China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Young children;
pectus excavatum;
negative pressure suction bell
- From:
Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2025;32(11):1610-1614
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To summarize and analyze the clinical efficacy of negative pressure suction bell in the treatment of young children (≤6 years) with pectus excavatum. Methods The relevant clinical medical records of the children with pectus excavatum who received negative pressure suction bell treatment in the Outpatient Department of Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from May 2019 to January 2023 were collected. The age, sex, type, severity, depth of depression, duration of use and prognosis of children with pectus excavatum were retrospectively analyzed. Results A total of 100 pediatric patients were ultimately included in the study, comprising 74 males and 26 females. The age distribution was 57 patients aged 0-3 years and 43 patients aged 3-6 years. All patients were prescribed and used a negative pressure suction device for at least 3 months, after which they returned to our department's outpatient clinic for follow-up. The treatment demonstrated clinical effectiveness in 99 patients, yielding an efficacy rate of 99.00%. The excellent/good rate was 52.00%, and the complication rate was 8.00%. After treatment, the Haller index and the depth of sternal depression were reduced compared with those before treatment (P<0.001), and there was no statistical difference in the effective rate and excellent/good rate between different genders, different ages, different types of pectus excavatum, or different severity (P＞0.05). Conclusion Negative pressure suction bell is safe and effective in the treatment of young children (≤6 years) with pectus excavatum, and the correction effect has nothing to do with gender, type and severity.
